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In article <slrng8ksk5.k8j.ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Moe Trin) writes:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.admin, in article
<j6ydnTzVsquksBTVnZ2dnUVZ_qninZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert Melson wrote:

ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Moe Trin) writes:

The mountain and freeway are now named 'Piestewa Peak' - after Pfc
Lori Piestewa, a Hopi mother of two who, as an Army truck driver,
was killed in an ambush in Iraq while lost during the invasion in
March 2003.

Yeah. That maintenance company was from Ft. Bliss and the ambush and
captivity of several of its troopers was NEWS in El Paso.

It made the news here as well, because of the al-Jazeera coverage that
showed Piestewa wounded - the Hopi nation gets Phoenix television.

As a former infantry commander, I feel rather strongly about why the
convoy was ambushed and the fact that the troopers' weapons were
neither ready to use nor serviceable in many cases.

That part bothered me too.

'Nuff of _that_ sermon.

Preaching to the choir

Looks like it's time to hit the history section of the city library
around the corner.

Local history is always fun and interesting, seems to me. But, then,
I've always liked history.

Some years ago, the National Geographic or Smithsonian had a few article
on the New Spain era history of the Southern California to Texas regions
and it referred to several books (which suggests Smithsonian). I recall
finding two of them to be extremely informative, and have tried digging
through my library records to see if I can find them - thus far with no
luck. I suppose that means I have to go pot luck or dig out the last ten
years of the magazine from the boxes in the garage. My wife would kill
me if I went to a book store.

The several times I've been to El Paso have all been related to
activities at Bliss and the ranges to the North.

That was pretty clear from previous comments.

Except I'm older and wiser now, and no longer in that racket ;-)

You get over this way, look me up and we'll go have _good_ Mexican -
none of the tourist crap.

Will do

Old guy

Couldn't resist posting this in view of previous conversations:

Hurricane Dolly remnants bring downpour to El Paso
From Associated Press
July 26, 2008 9:10 PM EDT

EL PASO, Texas - Heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Dolly is closing streets and flooding homes in El Paso, and is blamed for causing the death of one person in New Mexico.

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that a passenger in a sport utility vehicle was killed when the vehicle hit a large puddle and rolled over. The driver and two children were hospitalized.

National Weather Service meteorologist says some areas of El Paso have gotten as much as 3 inches of rain.

The city says it has received 17 reports of flooding in homes. There are 10 reports of street flooding.

The Texas Transportation Department says the Trans Mountain Highway is closed due to rock slides caused by the rain and is expected to reopen Saturday night.

(Trans Mountain Highway is a city arterial but not the major
through corridor. The rock slides are, IMNSHO, due to poor
engineering of the cuts through which portions of the roadway
run, failure to stabilize same. Result == closure at least
hint of inclement weather, precip.)

Today set a rainfall record for the date - officially ~2.75 inches
at the official station, previous record ~2.6 in. Prior to June 30
we'd had 0.23 in since Jan 1. Since then we've had ~5 inches and
are now about 2 inches above 30 year average.

Soggy Ol' Bob

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Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
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Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable
reason so few engage in it. -- Henry Ford

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