this is only a test....

the sirens went off at 9:00 as a test of the severe weather warning system....I guess there are loud-speakers on the Municipal Building two blocks away because I could hear the disclaimer ....."only a test" etc....freeze warning this morning too, was frosty.....25 windchill on my walk.....they tore out part of the sidewalk on Academy yesterday.....at the place where water stands after a storm....maybe they are going to fix it to drain better.....in the cold snap last year that half-block or so was a sheet of ice for four or five days.....I bet they dig up that old storm drain there and improve it somehow....they should do that anyway, it doesn't look big enough to do the job.....work continues on the new civic parking lots ......they were delayed for a year by a lawsuit because they were presented at first as Pharmacy School parking lots.....and the School is part of the College, which is a religious institution.....so they had to argue about the separation of church and state.....no public money for a religious parking lot.....as I say, they ended up using County bond money for the work, and ceding the land to the City.....so they aren't church parking lots after all....so they won't be "Student Parking Only"? Used up the second piece of rib-eye last night, more corned beef and cabbage for today, and then shopping day.....this morning I think I'll go over to the gas station and then drive around some, since I can't remember driving the car for a few days....got to keep it running, pumping the juices.....looks like it's going to be windy again....hope it's not as bad as yesterday....