As the heat drops back into the 80s and 90s and summer comes to a close, the weekend nights are finally quiet enough for me to return to the blog page. 

We took a few days off to learn the system for the new web site.  Before that, I was back out the door as soon as I turned the scanner on.  As the temperature peaked a few weeks ago, I wrote five stories in three days – shootings, stabbings, you name it. 

It’s nice to return to the blog and have the freedom to write what I want, instead of finding new ways to say someone got shot. 

I’ve written on this site before about all the things that aren’t reported by us - burglaries, assaults, car wrecks, minor fires, gun play, and fights.  But those August weekends kept me busy even with events that ended up being nothing, on top of the ones that were real events.  For every story about a fire or a shooting, there is usual at least one other story that ended up being nothing. 

Last Monday for example, the emergency crews responded to a report of 17-year-old boy who was shot in the chest, but it ended up that no one at all was shot.  I’ve hunted reported fires that didn’t exist, shootings that didn’t happen. 

The break won’t last, though.  Even though it’s been quiet the last two nights, Labor Day is one of the most violent holidays of the year.  Three days off and lots of drinking at summer’s unofficial end.  Even the cops are expecting tomorrow to be a “storm.” 

I guess we’ll see tomorrow.

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