Someone had his first birthday yesterday...
Friday, May 16, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Rite of Passage
Just days shy of his first birthday, NS has his first taste of Bamba (and his first taste of anything peanut).
Half an hour
View North-East...
Half an hour later, the view towards the south-east.I have to say that particular cloud was really cool....
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Yom haZikaron - Memorial Day
As the siren sounded, we took two minutes to remember our fallen heroes and those who fell victim to terror.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Loop-Dee-Loop
Not sure what they're called but I imagine they're Israel's version of the Blue Angels.
Tonight marks the beginning of Memorial Day for the IDF's fallen soldiers and then Wednesday night marks the beginning of Israel's 60th Independence Day.
These planes are either for memorial services or for celebratory happenings in Jerusalem.
Today I caught them practicing.
Friday, May 02, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
This is a test of the emergency broadcasting system
If this had been real, I would have been screwed.
At 10 a.m. across the nation, an air raid... well, I'm going to call it an air raid siren drill, rather than an air raid drill, took place. It seems they're only testing the sirens themselves and not citizen readiness to an actual attack since no one I know received any actual "in case of an attack" instructions.
And frankly here on the settlement, there's precious little we could do.
Oh sure, we have bomb shelters. We have 4.. maybe 5.
Of the approximate 100 houses and additional 20 trailer homes, maybe 20 of these houses (all built after the first Gulf War) have actual 'safe rooms' built into the house. It's a room made of reinforced concrete with a heavy fire door and metal plates for the window.
The rest of us poor schlubs have to make use of the 4 (or 5) bomb shelters. Which in theory is great, but in practice would doom us.
2 of the shelters are used for the Gemachim here. One is packed with clothes and the other has clothes as well as whatever else is available for loan - dishes, tables, cribs, etc. 1 shelter is being used by the physiotherapist and the fourth is the 'music room' and hang-out for the kids. I have no idea where shelter number 5 is or if it even exists (I think it's in the center, where the original 20 trailers are). If it does exist, there's a better than good chance it's unusable as a bomb shelter.
I have no idea when the plumbing in any of them was last checked or if they even have serviceable toilets. They're certainly not stocked with emergency essentials or rations.
So yeah, they were testing the sirens.
At 10 a.m. across the nation, an air raid... well, I'm going to call it an air raid siren drill, rather than an air raid drill, took place. It seems they're only testing the sirens themselves and not citizen readiness to an actual attack since no one I know received any actual "in case of an attack" instructions.
And frankly here on the settlement, there's precious little we could do.
Oh sure, we have bomb shelters. We have 4.. maybe 5.
Of the approximate 100 houses and additional 20 trailer homes, maybe 20 of these houses (all built after the first Gulf War) have actual 'safe rooms' built into the house. It's a room made of reinforced concrete with a heavy fire door and metal plates for the window.
The rest of us poor schlubs have to make use of the 4 (or 5) bomb shelters. Which in theory is great, but in practice would doom us.
2 of the shelters are used for the Gemachim here. One is packed with clothes and the other has clothes as well as whatever else is available for loan - dishes, tables, cribs, etc. 1 shelter is being used by the physiotherapist and the fourth is the 'music room' and hang-out for the kids. I have no idea where shelter number 5 is or if it even exists (I think it's in the center, where the original 20 trailers are). If it does exist, there's a better than good chance it's unusable as a bomb shelter.
I have no idea when the plumbing in any of them was last checked or if they even have serviceable toilets. They're certainly not stocked with emergency essentials or rations.
So yeah, they were testing the sirens.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Dawn's early... flight
Sunrise this morning. The bird flew into the frame just as I snapped the photo.
Friday, April 04, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
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