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There was a thunder storm here in Devon this morning. Very unusual…at this time of year especially.

Tomorrow’s Storm Eó…Ęõy…Eŵø…whatever? I’m just carrying on as normal.
 
:( Disaster does strange things to people. Granted, when my neighbour's polytunnel came loose from it moorings I got it anchore back to the down tubes pretty quickly, but then I've never faced a real emergency and I hope I never will. You can't tell how you'd respond until it happens.
 
A boxing gym has opened in the nearest town. Do I forsake a friend I've had since childhood who went through the same harsh and probably illegal school regime I went to just to do something more hardcore? Probably not. In any case, I like to kick people.
 
Wrote a long message in another thread, and deleted it since the OP did the right thing and I don't want to take away from that. It also worked out exactly as it should.

But there needs to be more training for police officers in mental health, or an active psychologist/counselor on each shift, so people can do what he did and there not be any worry. Whether that's diverting the funds to the police department to more training rather than pay/new gadgets, or having them hire a number of counselors to go on calls, something needs to be done there.
 

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