Friday, September 12, 2008

Rain

I didn't realize it was raining so much,
Ark CIty and several other high school football games have been cancelled. AC plays on Monday at 7 in El Dorado
I had never heard of not playing football in the rain... South Haven and Dexter also put off.

Also they have a bit of mess going on in Winfield at the county fairgrounds.
They have evacuated the campground, Lots of campers were already settled in for next weeks Walnut Valley Festival.
And with the hurricane coming, it could get interesting.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Everyone needs to be careful on the roads. My husband hydroplaned coming home from work last night and almost went into the ditch. He said he was lucky there were no oncoming cars.

Anonymous said...

Anyone know how much rain we have received in ac since yesterday? All I hear about is Wichita area and Winfield.

Anonymous said...

4.68"

Anonymous said...

All the doctors are required by law to continue to take education classes at their own expense. When they go to these classes, they pay their expenses and not the city. They are also away from the office at their expense which means they are not getting paid.

I know many think they make too much but how many of us are willing to go to college for four years and then med school for 8 to 12 more at our own expense. The education costs for these people can surpass $300,000 for just tuition and books.

They deserve respect for putting their weekends on hold, their sleep interrrupted just so we can be healthy. Yeah, sometimes they play golf and sometimes they travel. Sometimes I play golf and sometimes I travel but no one gives me grief about it. Do I deserve free time more than they do? Do you?

We may resent that the doctors make more but I do not want the responsibility they have every day. I do want them to have the very best working conditions they can have. I do not want to think that a leaky ceiling or poor equipment would keep me from being patched up or make a difference in the care my injured child or grandchild would get.

What I want for myself is one thing but what I want for my kids and grandkids is far different.

I have to think what if? What if is one thing for me and another for those I love. Keep that in mind as you argue. Patching you up is fine but do you want to look at your injured and very sick child while they load them up on a helicopter to go to Wichita when it might have been handled here.

Have you raced to Wichita behind an ambulance. I have and it just isn't fun. In fact, it is the most desperate feelings in the world.

This is about more than me. It has to be about the future. This board shows many narrow minded views against businesses and people but it sure doesn't find any real solutions except to keep things the same. That is okay for now but I just can't think it will be okay for five years from now and that is what we need to address. What type of health care do you want for your family?

Anonymous said...

Rained so much in OK that the Blackwell Lake near Braman took a hard hit. Almost every home received between 6 inches to 4 ft of water and silt damage; some ripped apart by strong current; one even floated about a block away & landed in someone else's lot; propone tanks, coolers, grills, lawn furniture, railroad ties, etc, etc went down the river. We should feel for the TX flood victims, but also those closer to home.

P.S. Why does every blog turn
to something about the hospital?

Traveler Editor said...

P.S. Why does every blog turn
to something about the hospital?

Must be what everyone wants to talk about. Lord knows Ive been trying to change the subject. :)