Thursday, January 21, 2016

"Now I'm taking into account your excellent military record and your commitment to the security of this great nation."





























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http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/USDC0001:1:US?phenomena=BZ&significance=W&areaid=DCZ001&office=KLWX&etn=0001

The Weather Channel


Blizzard Warning for District of Columbia, DC

From 3:00pm EST, Fri Jan 22 until 6:00am EST, Sun Jan 24

Issued by The National Weather Service

Baltimore/Washington, MD

6:54pm EST, Thu Jan 21

... BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES... HEAVY SNOW AND WIND WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES IN THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF WASHINGTON DC... AND 24 TO 30 INCHES IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS. THE CITY OF WASHINGTON DC IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AROUND 24 INCHES.

* TIMING... HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW... STRONGEST WINDS... AND POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS... HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND WILL BE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY LIMITED IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

* WINDS... NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES... IN THE UPPER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES DURING SNOWY AND COLD CONDITIONS.










1986 film "Heartbreak Ridge" DVD video:

01:32:13


US Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Major Choozoo: I love watching the brass snap to attention when they see that ribbon.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: - posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 9:27 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 15 January 2015 - http://hvom.blogspot.com/2015/01/i-dreamed-of-red-badge-last-night.html


I write about it now only because of how that was one time so infrequent seeing myself wearing a US Marine Corps uniform in a sleeping dream. Now I just remember a possible third time. That time I saw myself wearing my US Navy Cross and working in an office building chasing down a person stealing classified documents. Now I just recall another time I wrote about wearing that same medal in an elevator and that person saying he was surprised "they" let me wear it and me saying in response I was proud of my service in Bosnia.


[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 15 January 2015 excerpt ends]










http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=space-above-and-beyond&episode=s01e01

Springfield! Springfield!


Space Above and Beyond (1995)

Pilot (1)


- Are you calling me a liar?



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 8:03 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 21 January 2016