Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Buford T. Justice in hot pursuit

I was going to discuss the discovery of 'wind' as a weather event, but the events of the day took me off track.

Another day of thrills and chills has kept us on the edge of our collective seats here in the Midwest.  For the third time, we have been treated to the exploits of law enforcement (LEO's in NCIS speak) engaging in a manhunt.  Bringing the full resources of two states worth of police presence to bear, a lone gunman killed one, injured two and is currently still on the lam.  Patrol cars, aircraft, helicopters and who knows what else have been quite busy this afternoon.  And soccer practice was cancelled! Oh, the humanity...

And since this is not the first incident, we've become quite inured to the potential dangers.  Hell, I haven't even bothered to lock and load to defend the homestead.

The first incident occurred  many years ago when we first moved in.  Night time greeted us with circling helicopters and search lights scanning the yards and former corn field behind the subdivision.  Apparently an Illinois convict had escaped and was headed into Indiana.  Chicago radio hosts often jest at us hicks over the border, but it seems they have a bit of trouble holding on to their bad guys.

Event two was another escapee coming up from "The South".  For some reason these miscreants seem to think they can evade and blend in here.  Maybe they are following the underground railroad to Canada.  Whatever their reasoning, I have a hard time fathoming how they think they can hide out here in Mayberry.  I suppose that's why they are on the wrong side of the law.

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