The "controlled burn" which was supposed to only cover 360 acres spread to 2700 acres.  Luckily, no one was hurt.  I wonder why a burn was allowed on a day with high winds and during a drought.  That seems a bit idiotic to me.

The controlled burn started Thursday morning about 30 minutes before the county’s burn ban took effect, but high winds and dry conditions caused it to spread by Friday to about 2,700 acres — much more than the 360 acres planned for the controlled burn.

Only a really, really dumb person would start a fire 30 minutes before the burn ban took effect.  It would seem to me that just putting a burn ban into effect should have told the park managers that a "controlled burn" might be dangerous.

 

A rabid cat ran screaming through a neighborhood in Orlando, Florida, biting and scratching 15 people and two dogs.  The cat was tested by the Florida Department of Health and was positive for rabies.  

"The cat came up from behind us and was screaming," cat attack victim Adam Maul said. "I mean I've never heard a cat scream so loud. The cat ran out from underneath the car and bit me in my ankle."

The victims are receiving rabies shots, and authorities are asking that anyone who was scratched by a black and white cat see their doctors immediately.

Officials believe that because the cat was in the neighborhood for three days with apparent signs of rabies, it may have attacked others or pets.

A rabies alert has been posted for the area bordered by the East-West Expressway, Econlockhatchee Trail, Chickasaw Trail and Lake Underhill Road for 60 days.

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is putting on The Hobbit Feast for $88.  All three movies and seven meals all in one day.  Damn, I wish I could go!

Both of my parents are sick.  My mom is staying at the ranch, but my dad has been in the hospital.  Luckily for both of them, my sister Kay has been able to be with my dad at the hospital (and she knows how to give them what-for, considering she graduated from Duke as an RN) and Deanna has been staying with my mom.

So I haven't really got an excuse for not blogging, except I really don't feel like it right now.

A memorial page has been added to the Noah's Ark Bayou Sanctuary site for dogs that were rescued from shelters, but never survived to go onto a permanent home.  It is a sad fact of shelter life that some dogs just don't make it.  Many die from poor care.  Others from old age and chronic illness. 

I don't have all the animals up yet that have been buried at the Sanctuary Cemetary, but expect to have them up soon.

Please, if you are considering bringing a dog into your family, adopt one.

I am having some really bad problems with trackbacks to animal porn sites, so trackbacks on new posts have been disabled.  I have accidentally deleted a recent post trying to fix the trackback problem.

I will be working through every damn post and disabling trackbacks to stop these jerks from jacking with my website.  Linking should still be possible, just not regular trackbacks.