I did training down at FEMA today and yesterday. For one of our practice maps we were told to pick any state and make up the county disaster declarations. So I thought I’d have some fun. Of course I picked California. Green are the counties you should definitely go to. Red are the counties you [...]

Allrighty. I have finished the comprehensive photo album, so now you can see all the Chicago pictures (6 pages worth) in their glory:
http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=Aubrey&AID=2548750

I’m in love with this one! I’m more of a green fan, usually, but purple and pink never looked so pretty.

See more at http://pics.livejournal.com/aubreyrhea/gallery/0000qpcf Those are my favorite scenic ones.
I’m still working on the main gallery with all the photos.

It is so depressing to return to work after the weekends nowadays. I would give almost anything to have my life be a constant weekend, or at least a greater percentage of it. Including a much lower paycheck. If there was a way to work part-time and have medical benefits, I’d be on that in [...]

I wish I’d studied statistics so I could make some sense of this.
What is the 100-year flood?
I make maps of them, so I should know. I do know that it is NOT a flood that happens every one hundred years, like clockwork. The study document says it is a flood event of magnitude which is [...]

Because a picture paints a thousand words, and I don’t have time to type a thousand words:
1. Photos from the back home California trip.
In just a month or two, there won’t be any home left there to go to. My Dad finally managed to sell it, so now “home,” if there is one, is in [...]