A blustery day… without much bluster
There are a few Big Stories afloat out there today — a fight over the market bailout, the various permutations of John McCain’s decision to “suspend” his campaign (quotation marks because at this hour it’s not clear that this has actually happened), etc. — but the local blogging scene is surprisingly placid this morning.
Maybe it’s the weather…
Technically this system is subtropical or extratropical. I even saw it called a hybrid subtropical storm. So what makes a storm subtropical? Well where it forms is one thing. If it forms north (like this one did) or south of the latitude range for a tropical system, it may be categorized as subtropical. In subtropical systems, the heaviest winds and rain aren’t concentrated around the center and the core of the storm may consist of cold air, where tropical systems have warm air in their core and the heaviest rains and winds are close to its center. The designation of tropical vs. subtropical is somewhat subjective and it really doesn’t matter to you and me. It will be rainy and windy for the next 24 hours no matter what they dub this thing.
Jay Lowry of Firefighter Hourly endorses his choice for Charleston Fire Chief: Thomas Carr.
An exceptional leader with experience in a busy department with over 2000 members, a person devoted to firefighter safety and someone with the vision to move the department forward, Thomas Carr doesn’t need to wait to hear his name called. In fact, not calling his name may weaken the bright light shining on the city and its firefighters.
Hungry? Here’s Doug’s Recipe Corner at Hugging the Coast: Jalapeno Mesquite Boiled Peanuts.
Earl Capps takes Bobby Harrell to the woodshed.
Pedicab Man Jim Wallace posts a picture of himself after an accident involving his bike and a truck.
I was knocked out for several hours, have three broken ribs and have a enough road rash to last a several life times. I have no idea what happen but Nick saw me a little earlier and I was in my lane, the guy who hit me says I pulled in front of him. Not likely considering the location.
Pretty horrific stuff, but let me just speak for everyone who has been following Jim’s adventures and say best wishes on a quick recovery.
JJ parses the Citadel/Princeton band dust-up:
the blame lies almost completely with the Citadel’s administration. whether from a lack of understanding of the Princeton band culture or that of their own student body, they were remiss in their duties. if the Princeton band was to be allowed access to the campus, they should have been provided with guidance on what was and was not acceptable. in addition, the Corps of Cadets should have been warned that the band would be coming. to expect cadets, already involved in the competitive activities of a Field Day, to simply ignore an apparent “invasion” by the Princeton band is ludicrous.
neither side seems to be able to look at the other’s point of view. the Princeton boosters feel their band did nothing wrong and were needlessly assaulted – and they’re right. the Citadel cadets and supporters feel their honored traditions were being trampled and the Corps rightly defended them – and they’re also correct.
but two rights can still make a wrong.
And I’ll also pass along my own post from this morning. My final assignment at the local daily was to write an essay about the changes in mass-media journalism for the newspaper’s weekly Faith & Values section. This morning the man who requested the piece wrote to say that senior editors had chosen not to run it, and that I was free to publish it as I saw fit.
Which is the wonderful thing about having a blog. Hence, my take on The Media Interregnum.
Y’all have a great Thursday.