Bipolar Longhorns
Texans are the nicest folks. Over the last few days, We’ve been thanked for being here. We’ve had multiple offers of free lunches and dinners. People come right up to…Read full story
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Her Name is Lola
We named our GPS unit Lola.
No reason, exactly. We just thought she sounded like a Lola. She isn’t one of those GPS units that pronounces street names, so she’s simply…Read full story
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GPS and First Aid Kits: Basics for Every Car
GPS is a requirement when road signs were blown away by a hurricane. I must recommend updating your GPS maps regularly, however, because having incorrect maps on roads without signs…Read full story
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Two Sides of the Disaster Coin
This experience has been totally different than hurricane Katrina. For one thing, it’s much more organized.
Hurricane Katrina caught everyone off-guard. The ambulance service pulled resources from several other states down…Read full story
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Follow Me
Missions are happening today. We took several evacuated nursing home residents back to their facility this morning. It looked like the nursing home did OK other than a few trees…Read full story
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Nothing Beats a Good Night’s Sleep
Best possible scenario. We didn’t have to move anyone last night. There’s no base camp here, so we got a hotel room complete with clean sheets and a real shower….Read full story
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Hurry Up and Wait
All dressed up and nowhere to go. After plenty of sleep and a refreshing shower, we spent the day waiting to do something.
We’re back in another hotel — I’m not…Read full story
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Be Careful What You Wish For
When I was growing up as a young EMT and paramedic, we learned to call them Cars or Units. The younger crowd has been influenced by the cool EMS cultures…Read full story
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An Early Thanksgiving
It’s a good thing I grew up on a dairy farm. Our deployment center in Louisiana is a livestock auction facility with corrals and scales and lots of cow poop…Read full story
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What Do You Love About FEMA?
There’s one thing all the folks down here in Louisiana want to do: talk about the hurricanes. Mostly, they want to wax political about FEMA and the response to the…Read full story
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