Hubby decided he could get off of work tomorrow, so we are throwing some stuff in the car and heading for DC tomorrow.<<<
How I wish that i was going with you, for it will be exciting, there are several groups going to be there tomorrow and if the true count is ever given, folks are going to be a wee bit surprised at how many showed up.
I will be praying that your hip is better, for pain is no fun to travel with.
>>>How I wish that i was going with you, for it will be exciting, there are several groups going to be there tomorrow and if the true count is ever given, folks are going to be a wee bit surprised at how many showed up.<<<
Our local Conservative radio station had several staff members there - cell phone broadcast at 10 am they estimated between 700-800,000 then about 1 pm, they talked with a Park Police Captain - he estimated it was going to be 1.2-1.3 million as there were buses everywhere looking for places to unload and the Metro was running full capacity bringing in thousands more. Cell towers were way overloaded - they were reporting 15 to 20 minutes to get a call through.
Marm, glad you were able to go!
Can’t believe all the MSM stations are only reporting tens of thousands. Geesh, I have seen pictures - way more than that!
Wish I could have participated. Instead, took and passed ham radio license test, spent several hours at an emergency preparedness field day, and hunted several more hours at the Pow Wow for our RINO Congress critter - since there was a light mist, he was no where to be found.
Two successes one empty hunt. Lots of good information though.
Believe it or not, DEMA (Delaware Emergency Management Authority) is encouraging everyone to build a years supply of necessities. Logic given was - You never know when you may be unemployed, and any crisis will find you well prepared. There were lots of great resources and material.
Found the location for the local Mormon Deacon’s Warehouse, signed up for ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) who work with Red Cross, Salvation Army and other similar groups in communications outages and emergencies. Broadened the circle of resources.(Several well prepared ham operators are within 5 miles of me and are participants - Didn’t know they were so close by.