Brian K. Shaffer Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Water just creeps up - no warning. Totally ridiculous. snagged in outlet 3 1 Just once I wish a trout would wink at me! ozarkflyfisher@gmail.com I'm the guy wearing the same Simms longbilled hat for 10 years now.
fishinwrench Posted January 24 Posted January 24 That'll teach ya to rely solely on somebody else. They don't put signs on the ramps when they are icey either. Sometimes our toaster doesn't pop-up when the toast is done, so I can't even stay home and be safe. 😳 Sometimes people's brake lights don't work ! Gotta PAY ATTENTION ! Totally ridiculous 😅 Ryan Miloshewski and Flysmallie 2
Ryan Miloshewski Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Never trust the government. snagged in outlet 3 1 “To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.”--Aldo Leopold
tjm Posted January 24 Posted January 24 This time of year about 60 years ago Dad and one of my brothers were about to cross one of the local "low water bridges" when they looked upstream to see a six foot wall of water coming at them and Dad just barely backed the truck up fast enough to avoid being washed away; so you can never trust the water. No government was involved in that. Water is dangerous stuff. And in another instance like that Grandpa had two cows and calf washed away in a similar high water event in the early '50s. And I've seen cars deposited miles downstream from where they were parked, and in places where you couldn't have driven them. Never trust the water. Just thinking about this makes me wonder if the government should require all wading anglers to wear PFDs, that would be the government being responsible, wouldn't it? Maybe one of those self-inflaters that automatically deploy when wet? bfishn 1
fishinwrench Posted January 24 Posted January 24 The tornado sirens go off every time a dark cloud passes overhead, but the ONE TIME an F-3 took my house and shop......No Siren! Imagine that. 🤷♂️
tjm Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Those tornado sirens get "tested" so often that they become 'background noise' like the train passing or police sirens that no one hears when they are being sounded legitimately. I recall working Rogers Ar many years ago and the guy I was talking asking me "what's that?", when I stopped talking to listen I realized they were testing the horn system for zillionth time and I hadn't even heard it. The out of town guy did but didn't connect it to any danger.
fishinwrench Posted January 24 Posted January 24 In all reality, those sirens blaring wouldn't have changed the outcome any.
tjm Posted January 24 Posted January 24 No they wouldn't have and IMO are waste of tax $$$$ in addition to being an aggravating noise. If the tornado is real and it's there, then it's too late for the warning and if it's not there the warning is useless. Wind and water are both dangers that we need to look out for on own time and let our neck hair warn us. Governments at any any level have no control over nature's forces, the so called warnings are just a way to create dependency.
Ryan Miloshewski Posted January 24 Posted January 24 2 hours ago, tjm said: No they wouldn't have and IMO are waste of tax $$$$ in addition to being an aggravating noise. If the tornado is real and it's there, then it's too late for the warning and if it's not there the warning is useless. Wind and water are both dangers that we need to look out for on own time and let our neck hair warn us. Governments at any any level have no control over nature's forces, the so called warnings are just a way to create dependency. It's very much a typical government "hey, we tried! *wink, wink*" deal to prevent lawsuits and other forced aid. “To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.”--Aldo Leopold
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