15 years ago today, Southeast Kansas was hit with a major flood. Hundreds of houses were destroyed by water. In Coffeyville, they were destroyed by oil because the refinery could not shut down in time. Due to the low cost of housing, most of these homes were never replaced. The refinery now owns most of the land that was flooded and they will make sure nothing ever gets built there again.
Cats to Third
Geelong has quietly won five in a row to move up to third on the ladder. With a percentage boosting game against wooden spooners North Melbourne, they should go to second by the end of the round. This would also eliminate the Kangaroos from the finals, not that they had a chance to begin with.
Still sick
I just can’t shake off this cold. Maybe I’ll feel better by the time I go to work tonight.
Beautiful Day…
…shame I slept through it.
Good Night
Went into work last night and found out a) I didn’t have to come back and do the active shooter training and b) the videos got done. Overnights will do the active shooter training at a time to be named later. No comment on the other.
Now if I can just shake this bug, I can get a bike ride in. The next two days are going to be ideal weatherwise.
Active shooter training.
I am feeling better, but I would have to go to work tonight anyway. Waiting for me are 37 videos I have to watch by Monday morning. This wouldn’t be so bad if the videos left the queue after you watched them. I have watched 55 videos, some of them three and four times. It is frustrating to watch a dozen videos and find out you have only knocked three or four off of your list.
Just to add salt to the wound I have to attend an active shooter drill on my off time. I do get paid, but I either have to find something to do for three hours, five hours, or go home and waste a gallon of gas just to go right back to work. I haven’t decided what to do, but I have to decide which session I am taking by tomorrow morning.
Heat exhaustion
It was warm when I got off work this morning. Went to bed and woke up with a headache. I got some fluids in me, but I decided to take a sick day and rest up for tomorrow.
Nokra
Those four lettered four legged locusts, aka deer, ate the okra again. They don’t touch anything else, just the okra.
Shaking off the rust.
For the first time in two weeks, I got on the bike. I took my monthly trip in town to pay bills and actually got to the bank right before they opened. After my doctor’s appointment, I got on the bike and struggled a bit getting back. Still I rode 20 miles and with an hour stopover at the library, got home before 1pm when it started getting hot.
A chance of a storm this afternoon has become a certainty tonight. Better batten down the hatches.
Tulsa Tough after party
This was my sixth year driving the supply truck for the Fondo racers at Tulsa Tough. The week after there is a thank you party for all of the volunteers. Because I had to work, I never got to attend one before tonight. The burgers from McNellies were outstanding. I got to catch up with two of the three rest stop captains I supplied. Surprisingly, the most outgoing one was the one who didn’t show up.
While I was down there, I picked up a couple of bicycle tires I cannot get locally. A bit pricey, but I have a feeling that supply chain issues are going to create a tire shortage next year.
There was a 10 minute delay for road maintenance between Tulsa and Owasso on the way home, but I still got back before dark.
Footyfried 