Tuesday, August 18, 2009

…8/18-09: energy centers

67º in ABQ; 23% humidity at 6A…the bug has been debugged; GAQ; computer glitch prevents both ABQ school workers & unemployed people from receiving their checks; Valencia CNTY woman struck four different properties with a vehicle, then escaped on foot; five miles of I-25 will be shut down for widening from Tramway, heading N, in both directions; town hall meeting last night ended about 1½ later than planned; Four Corners & the Navajo Nation are two of the world’s best drives; Hobbs man has not paid any taxes since 1986, on land that has generated $225K; PM tornado warnings issued in parts of E NM; gas is $2.49 a gallon; a pimp will spend the maximum allowed time in jail; the UNK, unused space at The Beach;

Code Purple by 6:30A; very little contact from the other side of PEDS; coding software package not working yesterday; boy shot in Roswell, victim of gang wars; no PICU Admits; finished Rounds by 7:15A; told Jenny to contact me if she needed help; we aired our laundry today; the small ‘No Smoking’ signs around UNM; today is NATL Buddy Day…there were E-mails being sent by various Coders: I sent a message with a Smiley, and received lots of replies; very early AM R/R;
more storms for OK, KS, MO & AR; wet in New Orleans; Hurricane Bill has 125 mph winds, and is heading towards Bermuda; picture of the Blue Ridge Parkway featured on Weather Channel; flood watches for TX, KS & OK; NM T’storms mentioned on ABC AM News; ‘excessive heat’ for NYC & New England; Ana soaked Puerto Rico; 100K acres are on fire in CA; showers for the E Coast of FL, Detroit, Dayton, DC & ATL; temps from 60s to 100s;judge says Michael Jackson merchandise can be sold; Americans are holding on to their money; no IT jobs in Richmond, VA; we are ‘technically’ out of the recession; buy purchases of school supplies have dropped 5% from last year; will Obama concede to conservatives; even young children can suffer from depression; WI woman gets her car stuck at a 45º on open bridge span; NATL Parks may receive needed money from stimulus package; an ‘Iron Chef’ host, and a SEN will appear on Dancing with the Stars; man arrested for having rifle at Obama health care meeting; no money for dealerships from the Cash for Clunkers program; Elko, NV has never seen a day of recession; bear breaking into CO MTN homes; Sunday School teacher accused of raping & murdering an eight year old girl; pack of wild dogs kill a GA couple; bottom line: the voting public is angry with the FED GOVT; parents are spending less on children for school; Michael Jackson may be buried on his B’day; more people prefer American cars, customers crave Chevy Cobalt; the series ‘Mad Men’, set in the 60s, is a success; GM is rehiring workers; FL population has dropped, the first time in 63 years;the James Bond Cocktail: martinis, guns & girls; there is a plant that can eat rats; the AFG PRES Palace was attacked, as well as a police station, but no injuries reported; many UFO sightings seen over Stonehenge; oil is $67.33 per barrel; gold is $940 an ounce; former S Korean leader has died; S Korea to launch its own rocket;Add Image

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