Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 04, 2023

Had ours earlier. Could barely hear it……..

My binaural hearing aids connect to my iPhone via Bluetooth. When the national test of the early warning system went off, it was LOUD! Painfully LOUD. I pulled the earpieces out of my ears, Like Mickey did in Rocky.

Tornado sirens in Michigan? I would have thought that more appropriate in places like Oklahoma or Kansas.

I see and hear powerful blowers lifting leaves, plants, mulch, newly planted seeds. I do not see hearing protection on 3 of 5 workers. I see increasing application to Medicaid for hearing loss. Somehow I don’t see a benefit to anyone except the owner of the business and the hearing aid industry.

Reduce the power, require a more efficient muffler, require hearing protection for workers. Enforce all.

I remember as a kid there was a siren test every day at noon – and if it blew at 6:30am school was canceled but if it blew twice it was a 2 hour delay or something

Dear Mr. Mallett if you would like a second f for Jef/Jeff, go ahead….help yourself.

Season huh? I saw somebody on YouTube blowing snow off their driveway with I’ll leave blower. Between that and grass clippings It’s a year long deaf Fest.

Does anyone know kids that always point at you when they say something to you?

Our warning siren test isn’t until 10AM on Tuesdays.

My parent’s home has the siren on the corner of their property, so they usually call me when it goes off (not for test of course), because I can barely hear the one in my area. Took their horses some time to get used to it.

Bad timing.

Love the kid’s hair blowing!

So he’s got the hearing protection on for the siren but then takes them off when the siren starts?

Must have been a while since timbob2313 lived in northern MIchigan. A tornado struck the west side of Gaylord, MI in May 2022 which severely damaged a number of businesses and homes. Businesses are still rebuilding.

My family drove me home from Scout camp in 1958, and we passed thru Colfax, Wisconsin, a day or so after a tornado hit the town. Horrible destruction. A dozen fatalities. Sobering. I’ve never taken tornadoes lightly after that.

en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_June_3–4,_1958