we used to use a scanner at parties so we could hear if the cops were coming because of the noise.
they show up and find a quiet gathering and no one gets shot .joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "sean deason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 9:49 PM Subject: (313) look ma! no looting! > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/15/blackout.detroit/index.html > > > > Power may not be restored to all of Detroit Edison's 2.1 million customers > > until Sunday as the area copes with the massive power outage that hit the > > northeastern United States, officials said. > > > > Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said efforts were underway to restore > power > > to residents in Detroit, Lansing and Ann Arbor. She said Detroit Edison > > told her they can't say when all power will be fully restored, but that it > > might take until Sunday. > > I listened to Gov. Jenny G's speech on my battery powered multi-band > receiver (It's a Yupiteru MVT-7300EU for you gear heads out there. look it > up :^) today and she also made a statement commending us for "no reported > incidents of looting, that we know of." > I dont know what Detroit she's keeping tabs on, but I listened to the > frequencies that the Detroit police department uses to communicate (the > squad cars, dispatch, headquarters ect.) and they we're running around like > crazy on numerous reports of looting throughout the entire city! There was > in fact looting, shooting and stabbing homicides, assaults, breaking and > enterings, armed robberies, hit and runs, fatal collisions, pedestrians hit > by vehicles, car jackings (in one incident a parking lot attendant was held > hostage while multiple cars were jacked as they entered the lot), missing > children reports, and sexual assaults all over the airwaves. And I only > scanned the police bands until around 11:30 p.m! I dont know how she could > go on the air and proclaim a night of calmness, when I was thinking it was > approaching a declaration of martial law. If you want to know whats *really* > going on during a local emergency situation, I reccomend you get a police > scanner. that way you can hear it as it hits the fan and know which > direction it's coming from. I've heard all kinds of crazy stuff going on it > the city that never makes it onto the nightly news nor in the morning > papers, just by listening to what calls the police are going out on and what > they report back on once they arrive on the scene. But thanks Jenny. we can > all sleep well tonight knowing that at least *our* city keeps a cool head > during blackouts. > > sean >
