Jackson Jambalaya

The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step lol or in this case a single baaaaaaaa

I think that's my legislator. This must have been taken close to Tico's. (I know. That was too easy.)

looks like cleaning up the bleat

And then there was another torched empty home with the JFD only using 1-1/2" hose to put water on the fire when they should have been using 2-1/2" hose. That was for PR purposes only. Yes, the house was a gonner, but...

Putting lots of wet stuff on the red stuff is fire fighting 101, and it takes 2-1/2" hose to do that.

@ 11:42
You’re clearly not well versed in the areas of the city of Jackson are you. Gallatin and west street are no where near Ticos on county line rd in ridgeland

Not a bad idea. Low maintenance, no need to gas up just water when needed. Works in any weather. History shows this was a way to control grass and weed growth. "Even the White House changed with the onset of World War I. Sheep were brought to graze in the White House lawns in order to save the manpower required to mow the expansive grounds."

Additional: Or there is not enough pressure at the hydrants.

I understand electric utilities with solar farms fence the farms and drop these in to control grasses

@12:15 - letting the torched empty buildings (referring to them as 'houses' seems inappropriate, considering the condition many of these abandoned structures are in today) is a good idea. Let them burn to the ground so that they won't remain standing years - nay, decades - from now as has been happening throughout the city.

Hopefully the fire department servants were there - with their 1 1/2" hose if in fact that's what they were using - to keep it from spreading to other worthwhile structures. (Hey maybe, the area was only served with a 2" main, whereby a 2 1/2" hose wouldn't have worked, but what do I know.)

The city is full of abandoned structures that have been 'saved' by the fire department and now sit next to decent properties as shells without a roof or windows. Let them burn to the ground; protect the surrounding area.

Neighborhood revitalization and blight improvement 101!

Chattanooga got a herd of goats to eat kudzu off Missionary Ridge near I-24 many years ago. After coyotes began attacking the goats the city had to bring in donkeys to guard the goats; apparently donkeys that are raised with goats are very protective of their little friends.

Then the economy crashed at the end of 2007 and we had to eat the goats, donkeys, coyotes, and the kudzu to survive the winter. Many of us died because the kudzu was riddled with toxins from car exhaust.

@2:10 I remember this. My grandmother died from the toxic kudzu before my mom was born.

Funny story based in truth?
It's 3rd World to let donkeys and goats graze on weeds next to the hiway. This was commonplace in Mexico when I drove from Nogalez to Puerto Vallarta. Some were hit by trucks or cars. BTW, The Mexican King Vultures are 30" + tall and hiss as they take turns crawling in and out of donkey carcasses down there.

11:42 - It was just a joke. You take yourself way too seriously.

at October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM - When I worked with firefighters most of them were volunteers and did a lot of jockeying to get nozzle time. If it wasn't a rescue situation and the structure was beyond saving, it became a controlled burn.

A 2-1/2” hose connects to the engine, not the hydrant.

Absolutely true story up until the end. There’s no way at all a car could leave I-24 at the ridge cut and hit a goat.

They been using Goats @ Vicksburg Military Park for a long time to keep the sloaps trimmed...Contractor Goats.