Some Charleston pics - enjoy

Downtown 

Isle of Palms - dusk 

Isle of Palms 

New Bridge  

Downtown 

Charlestown

So last night was the opening of the new bridge between Mt. Pleasant and downtown Charleston. Had a $300,000 firework show which i had the pleasure of watching from a couch in the firestation. Of 3 trucks that wern't in a position to participate in the festivities i was on one of em(damnit) but oh well. The firework show was still great on TV and i kept in phone contact with some of my buddies who were there so no worries. The new bridge is really nice looking but I will miss the old ones which are closing tomorrow and will begin to be taken down. I got some pics of the old cooper river bridge to show people. Its a great bridge to take out-of-towners over because its extremely old, extremely rusty, and the lanes are extremely narrow. I love scaring people. I'll miss old bridge, gonna take my final drive over it when i head downtown tonight.

All in all works pretty damn great. Had my first death on my second shift (full cardiac arrest) which was kinda nerve rattling. What better way to break the new guy in though then put em through the hard stuff. I mostly tried to stay out of the way and pass off equipment as it was asked for when we were working the guy. Next time i'll get fully involved though. It was a major heart attack anyhow and there was nothing we could have done to save him anyhow so that makes it easier on me. Nights tend to get busy with drunks and addicts. Weekend being the worse. They always find interesting places to take a nap. I'm having a good time though and the stress level is at a low.

Anyhow, im out, hopefully in the next couple shifts i'll have some interesting stories for yas.

Nothing to speal about so here, have a picture. 

FYI - There's a special place in hell reserved for insurance companys

July 4th and more

Well, hope everyone had a great 4th of July. For better or worse i will always love America. My phone took its last fall on the 4th and the flip top broke off so now I have to go get another phone and try to somehow get everyones numbers again. Thats alright though, cause the phone i had was a POS and subconsciencely im sure ive wanted to break it for awhile.

My friend Lindsey was in town over the weekend and on Sat. we went and visiting one of my bestfriends in Ga. Also visiting was another of his friends and his fiancee. They are getting married in like 3 weeks and they seem extremely happy with one another so congrats to them. Gives a little hope to the rest of us.

I just got off of work a couple of hours ago. Not a bad first day. Had a pretty busy morning but mostly just bullshit medical calls and some fire alarms but I was still excited as hell everytime the alarm went off and they called out the truck i was on.

Alright, enough BS that pertains to noone but myself. Hope everyone is doing well and i'll post again later, hopefully with something interesting.

Graduation from rookie school. Now on to the fun stuff.
Remember - Firefighters do it better