Party With The Fat Man

Note to all that I will be staying in the area as will my father for Hurricane IKE as we are essential personnel.  I will keep everyone posted as I can and if I have access to the Internet.  As of now we are expecting to take a near direct hit.  Starting tomorrow (Friday 9/12/08) we should start experiencing 35+ mph winds around 10 am with an increase to 65+ around 8 pm tomorrow night.  Starting somewhere near midnight until the early morning hours we are expecting Hurricane Force winds (100+ mph) as IKE makes landfall.  If anyone who does this job tells you they aren’t scared they are lying!!  Please keep us in your thoughts and I look forward to this whole thing passing through. I have had butterflies in my stomach all day…..Its nauseating but we must all do what we have to!!  Love ya all!!

-Rob

P.S. In the wake of this Storm I surely hope no one forgot what was important about this day and will always be!!  7 years ago today we as Americans were put to the test and paid the ultimate sacrifice.  This sacrifice still rages on today and the fight is far from over.  God Bless Our Troops, this Country, and all those past and present who will lay their lives down for this beautiful Country in which we live!!  God Bless America!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“All gave some, Some gave all”

Come one….Come all….OPEN TO  THE PUBLIC!!  Lots of Items for Silent Auction, Auction, and for personal health.  Great Vendors, Food, Drink, and Music.  Doctors will be on-site to do Skin Screenings at no charge.  Last year we raised over 12K and this year we are looking to do better so please come assist us in this endeavor!! 

Also have a have a few other tricks in the hat that you will have to be present to see…so BE THERE!!!! Gates open @ 1130!!

p.s. Have raffle tickets for sale for a Nintendo Wii (New in Box)….1 for $5 or 5 for $20.  Contact me direct via this site if you wish to purchase some!!

So while enjoying my 6″ Italian Sandwich, Chips, and Drink at the local Subway this ass itching woman invaded my peripheral vision and impeded my appetite.  With her crack hanging out (pic is post crack clean up) and no Bra she quickly hit up the $5 Dollar Lunch Special.  Lunch was quickly moved to the Medic Unit when she realized the ”Paramedics” were in the house we knew the shock and awe campaign of questions was about to head our way!!! GOTTA GO!! 

So while vacationing in the Booming Metropolis of Port Aransas Texas I came across the Club Machine!  That’s right folks…complete with the Velcro orthopedic shoes and electric glow stick (That’s right….Electric).  No matter what the beat was or what genre of song was playing the glow stick and the stomping kept the same meticulous motion.  Almost wanting to puke from the hour-less repetition and realizing that this “Machine” was going to go all night…I went home!!

This afternoon I had gotten everything together for myself and Kayle (My Dog) to go to work.  Everything together in my line of work means food, drink, change of clothes, bedding, and of course some dog food and bowls….you know the basics to survive a 24 hr shift.  Needless to say we were all packed up and ready to head out about 5:20pm this evening.  Me and K (Short for Kayle) loaded up in the car and started the short drive to the station.  A few minutes later I am wrestling a guy and taken the keys out of his ignition and yelling at him at the top of my lungs.  It was awesome and just a reminder of how I always seem to find some trouble both in and out of work.  Anyways the story goes like this:  I was driving down NASA RD. 1 and came to a Red Light @ Highway 3.  As I sat there and my light turned green I had noticed a Gold Nissan Maxima just sitting in the middle of the intersection.  I thought no big deal at that time…you know probably a female or Hispanic driver (Hahahaha…sorry y’all) who had ran a red light and decided to sit in the middle of the intersection for the next green light cycle.  You are probably thinking I am crazy but I have seen it over and over.  I mean if you run or press a light or cross the line for that matter why do people sit there waiting for the next light??? I mean run that BITCH….the offense is already committed so why not complete the task and go.  Any-who as I am turning and maneuvering to go around this AS$#*)$ I notice that the driver is a Hispanic (I was right…lol) male and he appears to be having some sort of seizure or something.  I didn’t really know and sorry to say I had to get to work so I really had no plans of stopping…I mean I was gonna call someone but I didn’t want to get directly involved.  I know I know…some of you are going, ” OMG I cant believe he wasn’t going to stop and help!”.  I say to that…BELIEVE IT….if you have been doing this as long as I have you desire not to intervene and help unless you are “Clocked In”….lol….seriously its more trouble than its worth sometimes…not to mention the liability.  Yes that’s right I said LIABILITY….people have been sued for saving lives or intervening to care for others.  Needless to say as I go around this A-Hole I noticed the above mentioned Hispanic male and knowing better I should have passed behind him and not in front.  To my dismay as I passed he started to move the car and nearly T-Boned me.  This was the last straw.  I made it through the light, grabbed my phone and started to dial the Police Department.  As I am dialing and about to press send my sister calls so I have to decline her call and redial the number again.  I make a u-turn and start to follow the vehicle.  I start to forward the information to the Police Dispatcher who I know by the way.  As I am forwarding this information and she is dispatching the Police to my location I am watching this guy go across all lanes of traffic and even into opposite lanes of traffic.  Now my pulse and adrenaline are starting to get up there.  I feel as if I am about to watch this guy kill someone in a accident and to be honest I am feeling kinda guilty.  I follow and follow and give a blow by blow report to the dispatcher.  At one point the guy stops and I started to think that maybe I need to get out of the car and go wrestle the keys away from him.  I thought and pondered and figured I would wait another minute.  He starts to take off again and I follow behind him.  I put my hazards lights on and drive in the middle of the two lanes of traffic as to warn those behind me not to pass.  I did this as a courtesy and of course “Dick Trickle” (Please read my previous blog on him) is on my ass blowing the horn and screaming at me.  I immediately give him the international sign of impending danger (The middle finger).  I then watch the car plow into several cars at a Red light.  I immediately and instinctively intervened.  I pull up, exit my vehicle, and approach the gold maxima.  I am extremely PISSED OFF!!  I rip the door open and the odor of Alcohol nearly knocks me out.  The driver slowly (Drunk slow) starts to look up at me.  By the time he makes eye contact with me I have put his car in park and removed the keys from the ignition.  Please keep in mind that I am still on the phone with the police dispatcher and I have told her that he has wrecked out.  The guy is so drunk that he is trying to argue with me.  He starts to try and get his seat belt off as to come out of the car.  Please keep in mind I am PISSED!! I immediately slam him back into the seat with so much force I hear the seat make a popping noise.  This is where the cursing starts so please tell your kids to stop reading….lol.  I tell him in a stern and demanding tone “not to fucking move!!!”.   He mumbles and continues to move and tries to come up out of the seat….I apply more pressure pinning him into the seat and reinforce the previous statement.  The man replies, “yeeessssh ir mmmeister”.  The man starts to move again and I reinforce the previous statement once again….this could go on forever I think.  I am starting to hear sirens in the background.  The man once again replies, “yeeesssshir”.  I then reply, ” You keep saying yes sir like you understand what I am telling you but you obviously aren’t listening so once again DON’T FUCKING MOVE”.  This time he complies…the sirens get louder and louder and then stop.  I come out of the Vehicle and 3 Police Officers are rapidly approaching.  They assist the gentleman in make a rapid exit from the vehicle and quickly school him on the effects of concrete and its ability to remain a stable solid under a multitude of conditions.  Concretes truly amazing I must say…lol.  Anyway everything finally settles down and I notice a crowd of people standing around.  Everyone is thanking me and telling me what a good job I did.  No one is hurt, my hands are shaking from the adrenaline and my mind is telling me I should have moved his teeth through the back of his head…..anyways its all good now and there’s no going back.  I take a few moments to simmer down and go to check on Kayle, who by the way missed all the action because she was sound asleep in the back of the car listening to Jason Boland and the Stragglers.  I then proceed to the Police Department, hands a shaking to leave a formal complaint for the report and I include all the cursing as well.  I jokingly told the officer if he didn’t believe me he could have the dispatchers pull the tapes…after all I was on the phone the entire time and it of course is recorded….hahahaha!!  I then proceeded to work with my adrenaline still flowing and I started to laugh…I thought to myself, “Man its never a dull moment around me!”. I quickly phoned my sister to fill her in on my little adventure.

So lately at night and ever since the crash of Med 12 this past week I have been having some very odd dreams…..nothing I can really sleep through.  The dreams have gone as far as taking me back to days in my childhood, the old house on Beachcomber, and across friends who are no longer here on this earth.  One of the most vivid of these dreams included me when I was working @ Life Flight.  I had this dream of a Life Flight Helicopter taking off…the Pilot to whom I know!  As he is taking off I’m on the ground and give him the peace sign to which he acknowledges with the shaking of a pointed finger.  As he lifts I watch the gorgeous Helicopter ascend and transition the tail clockwise and continue to lift.  As he starts the transition forward he takes the Helicopter into this beautiful High “G” Tight Left hand turn and I stand there in awe.  As I am watching this most horrific noise happens and I can literally see the Rotor Blades slow from turning and stall.  I remember thinking and shouting in my head….”Please god Rotate” (Meaning to Auto Rotate) and this of course doesn’t happen.  The Helicopter slams into the ground and I go running towards them to help. The impact has pancaked the Helicopter and I am desperately trying to get to the pilot who is still alive.  Im screaming for help and crying uncontrollably.  The crew is all dead with exception of the pilot….the weirdest thing is all of the crew who are dead are people who never even worked for Life Flight yet they are friends of mine who have died over the years.  The dream ends with the sounds of sirens in the background yet no one is helping me and I am crying uncontrollably….the kind of crying that takes your breath away!  It is around this time that I actually wake up in bed and feel like I am short of breath.  As I Iay there I honestly do feel like crying….this has occurred about three times since this past Sunday!  What does this all mean….where is it going….where am I going???  Is it my duty to keep surviving all this tragedy and help those who face uncertain death???  Scary Scary Scary…….I’m really just numb right now and discontent with everything that is going on around me!  I know it will get better it just takes time for things to pan out the way God intended!

I had returned home from work this morning and was preparing my uniforms for the services of the Crew of PHI Med 12 in Bryan Texas this morning not realizing that I was due in at the Fire Department in less than an hour.  Unable to find relief I headed in with a heavy heart knowing that I would not be able to be at the services to see my friends, colleagues, and co-workers lay to rest some really good friends and Hero’s.  PHI Med 12 lost all 4 souls aboard shortly after 0245 am on Sunday Morning the 8th of June 2008.  They were patient loaded and were inbound from Huntsville Texas to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center with a Critical Patient who was killed in the crash as well.  Although I cannot be there today, my heart, thoughts, and prayers will be.  I have included a link to a live webcast of the memorial services to which I will be watching from a far.  The services will start @ approximately 1pm Houston time. 

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/19701519.html

PHi Med 12 lifted from Huntsville Regional Medical Center this morning with 1 Patient on board shortly after 2:30 am en route to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.  Less than 15 minutes later all four souls on board were killed when their Bell Helicopter crashed into the Huntsville National Forest around 2:45 am this morning.  The EMS Community is mourning the loss of Pilot Wayne Kirby, Flight Paramedic Stephanie Waters, and Flight Nurse Jana Bishop.  The name of the patient has not yet been released.  Please keep all Family and Friends in your prayers.  I know Jana was recently engaged and had attended UTMB Galveston’s Nursing Program and had also worked for Montgomery County Health District EMS for awhile.  Stephanie I knew in passing while I had worked at Life Flight for my short time and Jana has several mutual friends.  You may be gone but you are not forgotten!!

 http://www.click2houston.com/news/16546442/detail.html

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