The same thing happened to me when I went to mama jeans to pick up ooey gooey bars.

shit the plows have been scraping so much concrete as is i'd be surprised if it weren't

There are many factors/reasons involved in bites…protective of the dog’s home/family, being cornered…but in my estimate is the third option…highly prey/protective oriented working dogs can be incredibly effective. And that can be anything from rat terriers to German Shepards. But that same thing that makes them effective also has a fault in processing their bred instincts and go/no go from time to time. True handlers around the dog all the time know the dog, but the average owner does not. PD/mil working dogs are some of the most well selected but they still bite handlers and cops/soldiers.

Dogs have little to no color vision…that is basically blurry past about 30 ft…and running and “screeching” are also triggers. Plus dogs pack up so if one gets confidence or a wild hair, other dogs instinctively join in. There is also a scale of dog bite reasoning and severity.

Wikipedia has a page about fatal dog attacks and certain breeds stand out…as well as the fact people under about 15 and over 60 have a disparate chance of death due to physical ability to resist.

I’ve had two neighbors with great bigger dogs when the owners are around but also fall into instinct mode with anything from a squirrel to a person and BOLT randomly at any of them. They aren’t the typical breeds, but something in some dogs is a wild card and can be very bad in a very small amount of situations.

Side roads are awful. Main roads are iffy. So many left turn lanes are the slickest so stop sooner.

Huh.

I'm actually about to climb into my homeless cocoon

Just shook up like 8 hand warmers to start and threw them into my sleeping bag. Just trying to find the will to get in it. This was a good reminder better now than later. Got my battery packs. Like 30+ hand warmers. Toe warmers. Electric blanket. Ejected bag liner. All m blankets. Ifht ight brb

Edit: So far so good. Pain in the ass at first. Zipper broke the other day so extra care has to be taken to fold my sleeping bag. Probably get a new one or some tape or something. Let's in the slightest breeze so gonna arrange the outer most layer one more time

Edit 2: ahh warm. Hopefully tonight goes fast

Absolutely!

Thanks 🙏

Go to modot website or app and click on cameras. Cameras are real time.

I’m not sure what $550 you are referring to, but you can donate directly to The Connecting Grounds Outreach Fund here. https://theconnectinggrounds.churchcenter.com/giving/

here

There’s actually another post somewhere a little bit farther down of some ideas.

Facetious Poll. Reddit made me select NSFW because I used the word asshole, I presume.

Thank you for your help during this rough times!!! You are so appreciated.

The hwy dept does a pretty good job keeping 65 open. I'm sure a call to the mo hwy patrol would give you a pretty good answer. Although, it's in their best interest to advise everyone to stay home. The bigger question would be the side roads, not knowing what is happening weather wise down there.

Wasn't Springfield but same here. Free education.

Consider that the ground wasn't froze prior to the snow and that as soon as the wind stops blowing strong the temps are going to go up, I thin the snow melts wherever it is.
When the Sun comes up it will only speed up the process (as it does here in The Ozarks)
I see a Christmas with White only in the Northern Shadows of the Northern counties.

But watch those turn Hollers down there....I bet they stay frosty a good while.

I was just referring to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/springfieldMO/comments/zrxjyq

I think you're talking about the Jordan Creek Tunnels/Vampire Tunnels.

But now I've said too much, they'll be coming for me...

65 down to south st Ozark was dry tonight I would think it would be fine farther south

Ok so it's not a goth church. It's just some weird cult

Commenting to add- I work at Isabel's House and we have availability I'd you have children in need of shelter :)

People still didn’t stop at the stoplight crosswalk on national. Put down some fake tracks and a railroad crossing on north glenstone and people might start stopping for pedestrians.

It's fine just be careful!

I’m sure any amount is appreciated.

Is there any place where we can donate less than $550 at a time?

The one in the Springfield sewers under downtown?