Story Hillers — Lock your cars and close your garage doors. The summer thieves are out. The Milwaukee Police Department is reporting some car break-ins in the neighborhood over the past few days, and it appears somebody ripped off my very nice, new bike mirror from the bike parked in my garage (dumb me, must have left that door open). At least the miscreant left the bike. From what I’m hearing, not all the car break-ins were reported to police and the incidents may be somewhat more widespread than appears from police reports.
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In the hood — car break-ins galore
Thursday, August 12th, 2010There just is something about sunrise
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Just a little cropping, nothing else.
In the neighborhood: the best jam job yet
Saturday, May 8th, 2010The sound, grating and enormously loud, was unexpected. I turned my head and there it was — a semi-truck jammed under the I-94 Mitchell Blvd. overpass.
It was early yet, 6:30 or 7 or 7:30 in the morning or something like that. Abe wouldn’t go on a walk this morning, so it was just Tennie and me crossing Mitchell Blvd. when the semi hit. It’s not unusual for semi drivers to bang their trailers on the overpass. There are warning signs all over the place, but drivers “in the zone” don’t even see them. Usually a little bit of the trailer top is peeled away before the driver stops. Then the deputies come and help the driver maneuver out of his predicament and give him a ticket.
Today was different. Right after the accident, there was a moment of silence, probably while the driver passed from denial to the “oh, sh–” stage.
It was a remarkable sight. The trailer was jammed under the overpass. He didn’t just bank his trailer front on the overpass. His truck was wedged tightly underneath it.
The drive tried to move his rig forward. Tires spun, but nothing else moved. He tried again. He tried rocking the rig a few times.
And then he tried to back up. And his trailer just buckled.
Wow.
A few more seconds passed and then he got out of his ruined truck, talking on his cell phone. I can only imagine who he was calling and what he was saying.
Tennessee Petunia and I continued on our walk. By the time we started back, emergency crews were on the scene.
(Click on the pics to see larger images. There is a clearly visible and readable sign on the overpass in the fourth picture. Oh, sweet irony.)
About four or five hour later, when I went back for another peek, the crews and the truck were still there. The truck was looking a little different, though. Look ma, no cab. Look pa, no front tires.
This is the best ever jam job under the Mitchell Blvd. overpass. Most def.
In the neighborhood: Mitchell Blvd. Park weed-out today
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Sustainable Story Hill’s annual Mitchell Blvd. Park weed-out is today. We will again be battling against that stubborn, stubborn garlic mustard, burdock, buckthorn and thistles. The event is from 9 a.m. to noon. It’s amazing how much a handful of people can get done in just a few hours. The value to the park is enormous. Come and join the fun!
Thanks to Brian Russart of the Milwaukee County Parks Department for the seeds and the tip on the Parsnip Predator. I did not get it ordered soon enough for today’s event, but am going to get one of my own!
In the neighborhood: crime alert
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010There was an attempted home break-in yesterday in the 300 block of N. Pinecrest St. An officer said the would-be thieves were unsuccessful, but there was extensive damage to the back door where the crooks tried to get in.
The crime occurred sometime between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.