Paco

A couple of months ago I noticed an electrical box - it was hidden in some bushes in my yard Had two power cables plugged into it Today, curiosity got the better of me- So I started digging I pulled at the wires and started digging down, untangling them as I went. Ever so careful not to accidentally cut them. After a few hours I hit something solid, something that the wires were feeding into Concrete. I frantically started widening the hole I had made in the tough soil- trying to find the edges of this mysterious structure And then I saw it: a metal D-ring. Attached to a hatch. The previous owners told me not to go digging around in the yard I think I found their secret

The first time I abandoned a girlfriend in the mountains was an accident. We had an argument about something trivial, and she decided to go off on her own for a bit to cool down. I insisted she stick to the trail, but she said she didn’t need me mansplaining how to find her way in the woods. So I dropped it. How does one manage to get lost on a mountainside, anyway? You just walk downhill until you hit a switchback or reach the valley. Common sense stuff. Well, she managed it. When she didn’t turn up by nightfall, I contacted the ranger station and they set out to find her. By 1am, I got tired of waiting and drove home. They called the next morning to say they’d found her in a makeshift den she’d dug beneath a deadfall. She was naked, gone completely feral, her face painted with menstrual blood. A ranger tried to wrap a blanket around her shoulders, and she bit a golf ball-sized gobbet of flesh from his shoulder. So they sedated her and took her straight to the nearest hospital. That was three years ago and she still hasn’t recovered human language. Needless to say, I acquired a taste for it. I’m up to a baker’s dozen now, not counting the one that found her way back to the car before I could drive off. But you never forget your first. Sarah will always have a special place in my heart.

Terrifying video from the mass shooting last night in downtown Austin shows how people have no clue how to react in these situations (or are too intoxicated). Don't bunch up together in an unsecured room surrounded by glass. Arm yourself with a fire extinguisher and move towards the emergency exit. This is what we were taught in CRASE training.