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Input from police / EMS folks would be of great value here. (Sorry this is so big. your momma didn't seem to mind) First, the video. The crash is too far away to see except the plume of snow... Cliffs: S10 tried to force a F150 off the road in a road rage incident but only wound up wrecking himself into the median and getting stuck. I didn't see the events leading up to the plume of snow, but an independent witness said: I got stopped and went to check on the driver of the S10. No injuries. The F150 driver joined us and the two drivers started arguing angrily. I got them both to calm down and asked if they needed to exchange insurance details (I didn't see the collision with the F150 and thought he was just a witness). When F150 said there had been contact I sent him over to a parking are about 200 yards down the road. I asked the second car if she was a witness and sent he over to the same parking area when she said yes. The S10 was apparently will stuck so I told him to sit tight and I'd call for help. I moved my car out of the roadway and set up flares, then called the highway patrol and reported a non-injury two-car accident, not blocking the road but stuck in median, requesting patrolman for accident report and peacekeeping. The F150 driver was still angry and reported the S10 driver was drunk or something. I spoke with the witness and got the 30-second description of the accident above. I spoke with the F150 driver and got the same story. I told them highway patrol were coming and said I'd go speak with the S10 driver. Once I got there is took me about 5 seconds to decide he was very, very drunk. He was wobbling when he was standing, he asked me the same set of questions several times, including;"What happened?" There was a distinct altered mental state which was not from any head injury. He then decided he was going to get his truck unstuck and "I promise I'll park over by the other guy." I then spent the next 15 minutes talking with him trying to get him to stay at the scene. I never indicated that I thought he was drunk, nor did I argue his account of the accident (The F150 rear-ended him with no warning). When he got angry I redirected the conversation over to something innocuous like commenting on how little damage the truck had suffered, or humoring him about his version of events while telling him I didn't see the accident ("If he rear-ended you make sure you tell the police that."). He told me he was a firefighter and told me that I wasn't needed several times and that I should go. When he asked why I wasn't leaving I said because my (LED) road flares were out for safety and visibility and I needed to stay until I could collect them again after the tow truck had arrived. He kept saying things like; "You're an EMR, I'm a firefigher, you know what the deal is, you know how things are, just go away." When the police arrived he was arrested and carted off to jail. Lessons learned: - Even though I have 5 pens in my car, only one of them worked! More pens? Or different kinds of pens? They are cheap ballpoints. - I had gloves and a fleece in the car and they are great for walking around but after 30 mins in the 10F cold I was very uncomfortable and shivering too much to write anything down until I got back in my car to warm up. Need to leave a much bigger coat in the car. - I assume that confronting him about being drunk or about his story being BS or about him causing the accident would have been a bad move. My intent was to just keep him calm long enough for the police to arrive. - He announced he was going to get his truck out and tried to run around to the driver's door. Knowing how drunk he was and concerned he was going to flee I tried to open the passenger door and take him keys but the door was locked, he came running back around demanding to know why I did that and I told him I was gonna turn his engine off because his clutch was burning up (it actually was). I don't think he believed me but all he did was mouth off about it. - At one point he was standing on the fog line of 36/37 and in his drunken state he started to topple backwards into the path of a semi truck. I grabbed him by the shoulder and pulled him upright and away from the truck. This pissed him off enough that he called the police himself and reported that I assaulted him. I assume I should not simply let him fall into traffic, but he wouldn't listen to me when I told him to get away from traffic. - When he again tried to get into his truck and get away I just stepped out the way. I'm not getting hurt over an insurance claim. I could see he was turning against me as he figured out I was stalling him for the police so I stepped out of the way and let him do what he wanted, while at the same time trying to keep the conversation going wherever possible. I don't know if there a a good single answer for "when do you give up". - I was acutely aware of my ability to defend myself (or inability) being aware that I was not armed except for a pocket knife, and we were standing between a lane of traffic and a 2' snow drift. My only saving grace was that he was clearly too drunk to run effectively and I had a clear path to escape (down the fog line away from his vehicle) regardless of my MA training, I am NOT going to get into a fight next to an active highway! So basically, other than learning that I'm not as prepared as I think I am, I also got a chance to dust off some of my "dealing with drunk people" skills that I honed while working as a night barman in a downtown bar during college. It's just like dealing with people who are angry at someone else, or a situation, but must be handled carefully lest they become angry at me. The only difference being that they can switch to being angry at me very quickly.

We can't bury oil underground, it will contaminate our underground oil wells

I would never bury a drum of oil, because then I would have nothing to pour on the weeds on my fence line to kill them

Sorry I wont ( waist ) your time, at least not ( wet ).

There was plan, if needed, to extract Jbot from the locked stall. It would not have ended pretty for Jbot or those involved in the mission. however, 10 minutes later, jbot exited under his own power, so all is good

velociraptor included?

i was definitely not about to black out while pooping in the bathroom on the way out of the bar.

Jbot was in good shape what you talking about paul?

I'm gonna guess that they drained the bike and dead guy dry.

some parts came in from Honda Marysville.. Protaper Evo bars protaper oversized bar mounts Dunlop TT93GP tires sunstar 14 tooth front sprocket still waiting for the battery to show up. my K&N filter came in from ebay as well the pod filter replaced the huge/ minimal flown airbox the weight savings pile ProTaper Evo bars installed these Dunlops should do a little better than the stock Vee Rubber tires lol yes the Grom is in my house, made it a little more comfortable to a few bolt ons, having it in a spare room lol. I also got the shift pattern set to GP shift now. so only thing left at this point is install the featherweight battery, order the Racetech fork springs and valves, and order a Bazazz. Dyno Brian will be doing the tuning.

I doubt there will be epa headaches through a sealed casket

Welcome to OR!!!I've learned the only way planing a ride works is pick a date, pick a time and pick the route otherwise nothing will get done

Just stay in your hotel room and try not to get shot