The Fire is so Delightful

I sit here watching the snow and thinking how glad I'm that I have retired. I can just imagine what it is like in dispatch right now. The phones ringing and ringing and the continuous chatter on the the radios. I had thought that I would miss the excitement and the hustle and bustle of dispatch but now I'm just glad to be home and watching the snow and warming myself by the fire.

I just about hear the phones and people reporting accidents and slide offs. I can hear people asking when the officers will arrive at their fender bender. I can just imagine the news media calling and asking how many calls there have been. Officers calling wanting to know when the wrecker will get to their location. I can hear the admin operator calling the tow companies over and over requesting wreckers and ETA's.

The radios will be going crazy. Calls being dispatched, units going on location and status updates being given. Officers asking for wreckers, demanding ETA's and wanting sanders and deicers. Everyone demanding first priority on sand and never understanding that ACHD doesn't drop everything because an officer wants sand at his location or that bridge or overpass. I can almost hear the tempers rising and nerves fraying.

The weather outside is frightful
but the fire is so delightful and
since I've no where to go
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow.