Atlanta
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And people called me crazy for stockpiling water….
All right, just one person, but still, in light of this stuff from the AJC, I think I’m validated. To wit:
It’s safe to drink the water again in DeKalb County.
The county’s water and sewer department lifted its boil water advisory on Sunday afternoon, two days after a 48-inch water main broke in north DeKalb.
Water samples sent away for testing came back normal.
“We have a clean bill of health,” said Kristie Swink, a DeKalb County spokeswoman.
The water main break Friday afternoon forced officials to lower water pressure, raising the possibility that bacteria and other impurities might seep into the water supply.
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More Silver Comet News
Paulding.com (an odd mix of local newspaper and blog) has more news. They claim the body was found approximately here.
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Scary
First Michelle and Luke get their car broken into, and now this. I ride the Silver Comet at least a couple of times a month, and some other, probably more dangerous routes as well. I think the Comet is the only route where one would stay missing though. From Today’s AJC
Woman missing from Silver Comet Trail
Searchers are combing the Silver Comet biking trail in Cobb County today for a missing Sandy Springs woman last seen Monday afternoon.Two helicopters and about 100 family, friends and law enforcement officials are hunting for Jennifer Ewing, 54, who left from home in a Honda minivan with her red bike about 2 p.m. Monday to ride the trail.
The helicopters are equipped with infrared radar, a heat-seeking tool that allows searchers to see through dense woods and differentiate bodies on the ground, said Georgia State Trooper Larry Schnall.
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Jennifer Ewing makes the outing on the 50-mile wooded path through Cobb and Paulding Counties about four days a week, said Smyrna police Sgt. Robert Harvey.
Update: Police have found a body along the trail, somewhere in Paulding Country.
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It’s a small world
McKinney opponent Hank Johnson appears on Winds of Change, a very good blog I read periodically. I will be voting for him in the runoff. I wonder if this guest blogging thing will be the new craze.
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Democracy working, somehow
Ralph Reed goes down to defeat, and Cynthia McKinney is in a runoff against a guy with no huge party support and didn’t seem to spend much money. How cool.
Does anyone know if you can vote in the runoff if you didn’t vote in the primary?
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Sweet!
The Silver Comet Trail is to be completed by next May. Thank you Coca Cola!
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Quick Sunday night round up
- Drones over Los Angeles
- Unusual, but proven business ideas
- Smart Traffic Systems, in Georgia no less.
- Photographing Urban Landscapes
- A poll of the Muslim countries, one thing that jumped out was
One of the more surprising findings in the poll was that solid majorities in Indonesia (65 percent), Turkey (59 percent), Egypt (59 percent) and Jordan (53 percent) said they do not believe the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States were carried out by groups of Arabs.
which is scary, scary stuff.
- MSNBC has a nice catch-all page on Islam in Europe.
- Wikipedia entry of the day: Charles Martel
- Wildcats in Buckhead
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Cracker Soul
Saw Cracker at the Variety Playhouse last night in a very wonderful show. They only did two songs off Countrysides, but that’s my only complaint.
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The century
Saturday I biked a Century (100 miles), which was a lot harder than I thought it would be.The middle 16 miles are on a highway, and not a trail. That puts you in the direct sun and very rough blacktop from Rockmart to Cedartown, which makes for a draining adventure. I also ran out of water for 30 miles, which was horrible. But, I did finish in a little under 7 hours, albeit in the dark, with an average speed of 14.7 miles and heart rate of 140 bpm. It was the first time in a long time where my legs have ached during the ride.
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New gallery – HoundogRadio.com party
Not my best work, but some of them turned out well. I only got shots of the A-Sides and the Luxury Kings.