We’re not scientists, but…
The City of Longmont has a bit of a problem with its emergency alert system. You see, there is this magnificent family of ospreys living in a massive nest on top of one of those poles built to hold just such a nest. Unfortunately, some brain surgeon put this nesting pole about 50 feet from one of the city’s emergency sirens. This is a particularly important issue right now because it’s that time of year when the emergency sirens are blasting in order to test their readiness to warn us about things like tornadoes and floods.
The sirens put out 3,200 watts of screeching audio power for three minutes every time they are tested. And now the city is concerned that the blasting might disturb the nesting birds. You think?
Just in case its hunch is right, the city has promised the public that it will keep an eye on the situation to monitor what happens when the siren goes off.
Now, we’re not scientists, but we think we’re pretty sure what’s going to happen. It’s going to be a lot like what happens when some dumbass with an air horn sneaks up behind you while you’re lazily relaxing, half asleep in your lawn chair, sticks the horn next to your head and lets it rip.
That’s to say, when the siren goes off, that family of ospreys is going to crap itself and leave half their feathers behind as they stumble all over each other trying to get the heck out of Dodge.
But we could be wrong. Maybe the whole bird family will simply duck and cover or maybe they are already deaf from the last time the siren went off and they won’t notice. Anything could happen… not.
Sarah, you Hypocrite
Sarah Palin is pissed. It seems that rapper Azealia Banks launched into a profanity-laced twitter rant against the former Alaska governor, which included the suggestion that Palin should be sexually assaulted.
Palin is so offended that someone would suggest something so threatening that she insists she is going to sue Banks.
Now, while we certainly don’t condone Azealia’s irresponsible use of social media and we do agree with Palin that such threats made in the public square can indeed be a danger, we’d just like to point out that Palin isn’t really the right person to be complaining.
Some of you may remember a few years back when Sarah Palin stirred up her own controversy by putting out a map of the United States showing which members of Congress were not properly supportive of gun rights, aka gun-nuts-like-Sarah rights. She irresponsibly marked her map with bull’s-eyes, including one in Arizona depicting former Congresswoman “Gabby” Giffords.
A short time later Giffords and several others were gunned down by someone who was all for gun-nut’s rights. People in glass houses.
