by Wayne23 » Sun Jul 10, 2016 9:09 pm
1/1/’53: 1 game week. We beat SMU, here, 82-52. 19, 17, 3, 1, 7 for Warp, 21, 5, 3 for Bank. 40 RBs, 5 TOs.
9-1, 1-0, #1, #1.
1/8: 2 wins. 11-1, 3-0, #1, #1.
80-73 at Tulane. 30, 13, 6 blocks for Warp, 25, 11, 4 for Bank. 43 and 8.
63-36 over Houston here. 14, 8 for Warp, 12, 8 for Guzy, 14, 2, 2 for Coen. 38 and 10.
In the Houston game starting guard Chad Nunn broke his hand. He’s out for the rest of the regular season but should be back for the post season. Josh Sim and Ad Wall will get his minutes.
3 game week coming up, starting at #22 Cincy, 10-3.
1/15: 3 wins. 14-1, 6-0, #1, #1. Alone in 1st.
16 point win at 2nd place Cincy. 28, 7, 3, 2, 4 for Warp, 16, 6, 4, 2, 2 for Bank. Coen and Wall played well at guard, Sim not so much.
77-57 over South FL here. 22, 12 for Warp, 18, 2, 4 for Coen.
81-55 over Tulsa here. 8 players had between 6 and 14 points. 10 blocks for Warp.
2 road games this week.
1/22: 2-0. 16-1, 8-0, #1, RPI #2. 2 game lead in conf.
15 point win at Temple. 22, 8, 4 blocks for Warp, 14, 10 for Guzy, 15, 3, 3 for Sim.
11 point win at Central FL. 26, 8, 0, 2, 6 for Warp, 14, 4, 4 for Wall, 12, 8, 4 for Bank.
3 game week.
New York City has been gone for years. That’s difficult for all of us to wrap our heads around. All of the West Coast cities as well. Florida? Practically nonexistent. Sure, we’ve given the names to new places, on higher ground and further inland.
We’ve moved the people out, the businesses, whatever could be moved. Sports teams are playing in smaller parks, fields, stadiums, gyms- whatever. But the population is so much less that the huge venues aren’t needed.
12,000 at a pro football or baseball game is a huge crowd now. 5,000 at a basketball or hockey game is equally so.
The population lessened away from the two coasts as a result of climate change as well. The inability to grow crops in many places, the lack of potable water in even more were causes. Earthquakes and poisonings of all kinds due to fracking was a huge factor. Fracking was finally outlawed, but the U. S. was the last place where that happened, and it wasn’t until 2037. Its effects will go on for- well, no one knows.
People have been forced to discover that they could live far more simply than they would have thought possible. These days anyone who goes to a warm, safe bed with a full stomach is wealthy. Many do not.
Our major colleges and universities still exist, but they teach agriculture and the trades more than anything else. There may be 25 research universities in the entire country. But hey, the tuition is cheap. But then most students go part time.
Jobs? Agriculture related jobs are the most common, then refuse collection and disposal, repair- carpenters, plumbers, electricians and the like get lots of work fixing things but no new houses are being built, haven’t been for years. There are a limited number of shops, small, family run, selling anything that will sell, but not many are buying because not many have money.
You want to buy food? Talk to the farmer who grew or raised it. Many of them open to sell their goods in the evening, usually for a couple of hours only. If it’s not in season it’s not available. Nothing is shipped any distance any more. Meat? Most people hunt, fish, trap, raise chickens or other animals if they can. But they need 24 hour guards willing to shoot to kill, because hungry people will try to steal. The farmers have guards patrolling their land 24/7/365.
Folks who can have backyard or window box gardens but there again, they need to be guarded.
There’s still government but it’s limited. Police, road repair (not much of that though)… The Federal government is pretty much Army (including what used to be the Air Force), Navy (including what used to be the Marines), FBI, a very limited Department of Safety, which has way too few inspectors, who go around testing for poisons of all kinds. Oh, getting into the Army and Navy is all but impossible since they are among the very few institutions where a person can be fairly certain of a regular pay check. And the military truly is a defense force. We patrol our shores, and keep an army ready in case of invasion, and to keep down insurrection, violent protests, riots, and things like that.
Health care? If you live where there’s a hospital within a reasonable distance you are very lucky. If you can find a doctor to give your child the vaccinations and check ups needed, you are even luckier.
But the #1 problem, by far, is potable water. Owning water to sell is illegal; it's okay to have your own water supply but only for your own residence- or residences if there's more than one on the property. The government operates all public water supplies.
Our family is unbelievably fortunate. As I’ve said before we are in the top 1% in this country. But, to stay that way we have a force of paid guards that acts almost like a private police force. This is in addition to the people guarding us since the attacks. We farm the entire 75 acre property we live on, and pay lots of farmer workers. We don’t pay the volunteer guards but they get all of the food we and our paid workers cannot use. It makes a difference in their lives, believe me. Our paid staff and our volunteers know that if worst comes to worst we are all in it together. There’s a plan in place if conditions become apocalyptic. That will happen at some point, I’m sure.
I’ve mentioned our place in the Scottish Highlands. The same, we’re all in it together philosophy is in place there, whether we can get there or not if and when the apocalypse hits. That is our Plan A, but the odds of making it happen are probably miniscule.
So we, like everyone else, live one day at a time, hoping for the best, but not expecting anything near it.
1/29: 3-0. We’re 19-1, 11-0. #1, #1. 2 up on Cincy, 3 on Memphis, 4 or more on the rest, with 7 to play. +19.1 PPG, +6.9 RBs, +7.6 TOs.
We beat Central FL here by 33. 33, 14, 0, 2, 4 for Warp, 15, 2, 4 for Sim12, 7 for Carr, 11, 4, 3, 2, 2 for Bank.
We beat Memphis by 30 here. 21, 13, 5 blocks for Warp, 21, 7, 5 for Bank, 12, 4, 5 for Wall.
An 18 point win at SMU. 28, 4 for Bank, 13, 10, 3, 1, 3 for Warp, 14, 5 for Wall.
Wes Warp is #1, Mo Bank #8 on the Norton list.