Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Don't Be a Hero

Check out the Lakeland Drive exit this morning:


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16 comments:

Anonymous said...

The hero is the UMMC nurse that was using his truck to pull all a mix of caregivers and others up that ramp to get to work. Nurses are the most trusted profession year over year for a reason. They think outside the box and willing to put the needs others over the needs of themselves. God bless the heroes out there......our healthcare professionals.....our nurses.

Anonymous said...

Not a nurse but been driving many of my neighbors to Kroger today. Seems, and hopefully not short lived, that many of us have come even closer together.

Anonymous said...

I second that! Thanks to you guys and girls in the healthcare community who continue to show up no matter the circumstances!

Anonymous said...

Is it at all embarrassing for the city not to have one of the main arteries to our hospitals and therefore emergency rooms blocked by ice. Did nobody think this was important or are they at home sipping hot chocolate?

EJ said...

They were home scratching their ass!

Anonymous said...

9:38, that exit is a State responsibility (federal interstate access and frontage road). City cannot do anything on it; nice try, play again.

It is embarrassing for the State and not a good harbinger for the purported capital district or whatever it’s called. Gee, who’d have thought State of Mississippi might be similarly inept to local gov’t. Huh.

Anonymous said...

Thank you to all the medical people.

9:38 brings up a good point.

Anonymous said...

@9:38..that would have taken a little forethought and effort beyond nonspecific circular logic of goals without specific means given during a presser. If you haven’t figured it out for yourself, the City is not there to help. Be your own First Responder.

Better Than Ever said...

@7:30 Maybe some of that is true. What I notice (I drive a LOT) is that a disproportionate number of terrible drivers (ones that really stand out) have nurse plates on their vehicles. Almost like they know that LEO will give them a pass and that reflects on their crappy driving.

Anonymous said...

11:10 - break out of your box and pay attention. That exit/roadway is state responsibility, not municipal. I'm not asking you to use 'nonspecific circular logic or reasoning', only basic knowledge. Enjoy the hot chocolate.

Anonymous said...

The State is broke in case you haven't been following....gotta wait on more CARES Act money to do anything, and besides they're in hatchet mode.

Anonymous said...

"that exit is a State responsibility (federal interstate access and frontage road). City cannot do anything on it;"

Who's gonna stop them during the ice? Same folks who stopped the nurse?

Anonymous said...

11:04 - The answer is not 'who', but 'what'. And the 'what' is insurance. Due to insurance concerns and prohibitions, the city doesn't work on state right of way, or shouldn't, without a contract specifying liability being in place.

The town that care forgot said...

The State doesn't give a shit about the city of Jackson.

Fifth Floor Jackson Heart said...

4:24 - The vehicles that enter this intersection are, at most, 10% Jackson residents.

Jimmy K. Taylor said...

MDOT really dropped the ball on all of this. Proper preparation prevents poor performance and MDOT performed poorly....


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