Corona Virus #8

[k0ua]

Not in South Bend, you don't.

There was the .38 in the roof, a .22 in the wall, and a .22 in the garage wall.

I worked for 30 years at the local newspaper downtown. In the end of our press building there were large windows. There were 8 bullet holes. 7 were innies. 1 was an outie!

In spring, when the snow melts, you can usually find 9mm jacketed slugs in the gravel where the snowplow pushed them in the parking lots all winter. We had half a coffee cup of them.

Where I am now, when I took my pool cover off one spring a few years ago, I saw a black spot on the bottom of the pool. It was a 9mm slug that had come straight down through the winter cover. The salt water had turned the copper black and left a 1" circular stain.

Just tonight we can hear gunfire over in South Bend.

There's so much gunfire there, the city installed a shot spotter microphone system. It alerts the police within milliseconds of detecting gunfire and pinpoints the location through triangulation to within just a couple feet. Really accurate. While the shooters are rarely caught fast, at least the shooting victims are located quickly and have a better chance of survival.

Wow...OK, I stand corrected.. :ashamed:

 

[k0ua]

Cops are usually on the scene of a shooting within a minute or two in South Bend due to that system.

Yes, I am familiar with that system... We don't have them here of course, but I read a lot..

 

[MossRoad]

Yes, I am familiar with that system... We don't have them here of course, but I read a lot..

Pretty impressive system. Sad that we need it, though.

 

[goeduck]

Note to self.... never visit South Bend Indiana.

Holy cow! Literally.

 

[ultrarunner]

I had a spot on our living room ceiling that would turn yellowish every few years. It was too close to the wall for me to get to it from the attic. So, I'd just scrape it and paint it. When we went to sell the house, I decided to put a new roof on it. I found a .38 bullet hole in the roof right over that spot!

Yep... been there and done that... every roof I have in Oakland has at least one slug in it... none have gone through.

Bondoed over several metal front door holes from bullets with the slug in the wall.

The last slug went through a window screen, through a window, across the room through drywall, out drywall and imbedded in the hollow core sliding closet door.

Growing up you learn early to wait it out in the bath tub when you hear gunshots... safest place to be down low with cast iron around you.

I've seen cars stop in an intersection and empty a clip at an apartment house... while I'm 60' away mowing the lawn.

Made the news several times when shotguns were used... lots of holes to fill!

I did have a very strange incident awhile back... the detached garage had a fist size hole through the roof, felt and 1/2" CDX plywood... it was just punched through like a spear.

Couldn't figure it out and my pilot friend said the house is on approach to Oakland International and it could have been a chunk of ice falling from a plane...

 

[MossRoad]

Surprisingly, I feel pretty safe here. 99% of it is altercations between 2 parties involving drugs or relationships, and some robberies. We know where NOT to go. However, stray bullets have no limits.

A friend of my wife got shot in the chest when he was 8 years old standing in the backyard back in the early 70's. He's fine. The bullet was a .22 that came from target shooting in a gravel pit a mile away.

Just two days ago, an adult was accidentally shot and killed while target shooting with friends two towns to my east.

I think there were 2 murders in South Bend in the past week.

 

[MossRoad]

Yep... been there and done that... every roof I have in Oakland has at least one slug in it... none have gone through.

I did have a very strange incident awhile back... the detached garage had a fist size hole through the roof, felt and 1/2" CDX plywood... it was just punched through like a spear.

Couldn't figure it out and my pilot friend said the house is on approach to Oakland International and it could have been a chunk of ice falling from a plane...

BLUE ICE! Yes, I'm familiar with it. I worked at the airport for 6 years and saw chunks of it a few times a year.

Anyone familiar with the TV evangelist Lester Sumerall? He was a local guy with TV stations around the country. Anyhow, he had a small plane. Then moved up to a Cessna Citation. Then bought a used Falcon 20 off of the San Diego Chargers. It had a little purple lightening bolt on the tail. It also had an on-board potty that we had to empty occasionally.

We'd open the access door, take off the pipe cover, hook up the honey wagon hose, pull the chain and yell "Holy Sh**!!"

 

[ultrarunner]

I do think waiting out Covid-19 is vastly different from urban to rural...

Business are already getting hit... the chamber said it is a double whammy... order closed as non-essential and prime pickings for burglars...

Noticed Stop Signs and Signals tend to more of a suggestion since Shelter in Place started... blowing though without a thought and speeders on the freeway fly by...

If this keeps up no way law enforcement can keep up.

 

[dragoneggs]

I do think waiting out Covid-19 is vastly different from urban to rural...

I absolutely do think so too. Glad to be living away from suburbia and the city especially now in my later life. Way too many people are too dependent on others especially in the cities. It creates a society that is easily steered. I don't think this is healthy in the long run as people are not thinking for themselves as much as they should and are not prepared when a situation like this occurs.

 

[locknut]

Apparently not. Snap Chat and Tik Tok, appeal to the absolute self destructive flavor of moron. Those that have no regard for their own or anyone else's' well being.

Well,this little Chinese twit sure doesn't have any. This should make your blood boil.

Chinese Woman Hoards Face Masks To Prevent Americans From Buying Any - YouTube