Abu Ghraib: Day 259
Rumor has it that it was snowing here. Around 0330 on Friday morning, little flurries were spotted by our night dispatcher. You couldn't tell the next morning, though. Apparently it snows relatively frequently up in Mosul, in the northern part of the country. The Baghdad area never gets more than a light dusting at best, but even that isn't considered likely.
We had a few calls this week. We'd sure get a lot more structure and 'room and contents' fires at this place if all the buildings weren't made of solid block. Wall mounted heater/cooler units short-out and throw sparks a couple of times a month over here, but luckily for the occupants there isn't any wood framing or dry-wall to catch on fire.
After never even knowing the sport existed, I've become a pretty big fan of Curling. Apparently I'm not alone over here. Sitting at dinner tonight, my eyes gaze back and forth from the conversation in front of me to the TV in the background, which is turned on to the Olympics. The US men were facing off against the Germans. The US had a good setup, three of those marker thingys (I have no idea what they are called) were in the bullseye. The Germans slid their marker down the track, and I watched. Several soldiers also had their eyes glued to the action. The marker hit the one of the US markers, causing a chain reaction and knocking all three US markers out of play. I heard "Awwwwee" and "SHIT!" all around me. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
We had a few calls this week. We'd sure get a lot more structure and 'room and contents' fires at this place if all the buildings weren't made of solid block. Wall mounted heater/cooler units short-out and throw sparks a couple of times a month over here, but luckily for the occupants there isn't any wood framing or dry-wall to catch on fire.
After never even knowing the sport existed, I've become a pretty big fan of Curling. Apparently I'm not alone over here. Sitting at dinner tonight, my eyes gaze back and forth from the conversation in front of me to the TV in the background, which is turned on to the Olympics. The US men were facing off against the Germans. The US had a good setup, three of those marker thingys (I have no idea what they are called) were in the bullseye. The Germans slid their marker down the track, and I watched. Several soldiers also had their eyes glued to the action. The marker hit the one of the US markers, causing a chain reaction and knocking all three US markers out of play. I heard "Awwwwee" and "SHIT!" all around me. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt that way.