Taking a break from work at the airport, waiting for my flight, to blog about this, since this article just hit Drudge...
I remember a time early in my 9 years on camp staff when I was on Staff Duty Office (SDO), the camp staff member who stays in the main lodge all night to monitor the camp, the weather, the phone line, etc... all to maintain safety and order if anything comes up.
Once in 1993, there was a tornado watch - then warning - late into a night I was on SDO. I was freaked out. We were in the middle of Nowhere, MO with no Internet access, sketchy weather radio access, no cell phone towers within miles at that point in time, and KMOX (the big talk station in St. Louis) not really giving many updates about Nowhere, MO an hour south.
I was up late that night, and when the tornado threat passed, I was blessed with some rest. Only to wake up to feet of floodwaters from the creek all the way up to the main lodge.
Different outcome to the same backstory. So I empathize with the scouts at the camp in Iowa last night.
And THIS is the story I've been waiting all day to finally read:
Read the whole story.
I remember a time early in my 9 years on camp staff when I was on Staff Duty Office (SDO), the camp staff member who stays in the main lodge all night to monitor the camp, the weather, the phone line, etc... all to maintain safety and order if anything comes up.
Once in 1993, there was a tornado watch - then warning - late into a night I was on SDO. I was freaked out. We were in the middle of Nowhere, MO with no Internet access, sketchy weather radio access, no cell phone towers within miles at that point in time, and KMOX (the big talk station in St. Louis) not really giving many updates about Nowhere, MO an hour south.
I was up late that night, and when the tornado threat passed, I was blessed with some rest. Only to wake up to feet of floodwaters from the creek all the way up to the main lodge.
Different outcome to the same backstory. So I empathize with the scouts at the camp in Iowa last night.
And THIS is the story I've been waiting all day to finally read:
Boys Scouts praised as heroes after twister kills 4
(from the AP)When the howling winds finally died down, the Boy Scouts -- true to their motto, "Be Prepared" -- sprang into action.
Putting their first-aid training to use, they applied tourniquets and gauze to the injured. Some began digging victims from the rubble of a collapsed chimney. And others broke into an equipment shed, seized chainsaws and other tools, and started clearing fallen trees from a road.
Dozens of the Scouts, ages 13 to 18, were hailed for their bravery and resourcefulness Thursday, the morning after a twister flattened their camp in Iowa and killed four boys.
"There were some real heroes at this Scout camp," Gov. Chet Culver said, adding that he believes the Scouts saved lives while they waited for paramedics to cut through the trees and reach the camp a mile into the woods.
Read the whole story.
Michael Halbrook lives in
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