Hot and wet.
Not only was it super humid and warm yesterday, it rained too. I managed to unload my auction delivery just as the drops started falling. Did my pickups and headed home.
Spent most of the rest of the day indoors, except that I cleaned the pool, and cut the grass in the back yard. It was soggy, but I figured I better get it done before it rains again. I picked up the dog bombs and 3 bags of inedible pecans too. I got a tiny bit of organization done in the garage.
Today I’m hoping to get another truckload of stuff to my other auctioneer. It’ll depend on his schedule and weather. More garage work and driveway org too, if the weather is good.
I linked to a couple of videos yesterday. One shows the results of shooting a suspect TWICE with an AR. It’s not the instant magic wand of death in every case. If you aren’t training for follow up shots, you’re probably not doing it right.
The situation in Portland continues to escalate with the rioters now attempting to blind cops with lasers, spray them with bleach (blinding), and they are building bombs to lob at them too. It’s WAY beyond throwing a pack of firecrackers… Anarchists throwing bombs. In 2020. Everything old is new again.
And it’s spreading. Tempe AZ had riots. (home of Arizona State University, but otherwise a smallish town on the edge of Phoenix) BLM and a laundry list of groups were blocking streets and harassing cops. I don’t know what the demographics look like now, but when I was there I don’t think there were 10 blacks in the whole city. But they’ve got riots now. FFS.
Avoid crowds. Go armed all the time. Get some less than lethal for your vehicles. Check the news to see what’s going on in town before you drive through something you didn’t know about. Review your state’s use of force laws regarding riots, and attempts to enter your vehicle. Don’t stop moving.
The economic and social effects are going to make the shutdown look like a walk in the park. They’re already starting and won’t be getting better for some time. Stock up while you can.
Got enough fire extinguishers? After that one year where I was first on the scene at a half dozen wrecks and fires, I’ve now got several in each truck. I’ve got one next to the kitchen, and one in my master bath. Big ones. More than one in the garage, by the door out. Change the batteries or test your smoke detectors if you haven’t lately. Change the detectors if they are a few years old. Add a couple outside the bedrooms, inside the bedrooms, in the hall. If you close a door at night, put one on each side of the door. They are small and the new ones last years on a single non-removable battery.
Preps aren’t all freeze dried food and ammo…
Although you should stack those too.
nick