Between Storms

Billings gets hit by a tornado. All while I was up in Pattee Canyon getting in a ride and miraculously between huge storms. At one time I got to the edge of a hail storm on Mount Sentinel and turned around a bombed back to town where it was still nice and dry.  Today however we did not escape the daily deluge.

So while I was up in Pattee I ran into my friend Ed who said that he was just out on Sentinel hiking. A dog with a orange collar who obviously belongs to some idiot ran down a fawn deer and mauled it. Ed said it died in his arms gasping for air. When he told me my thought is instantly went to a couple years ago when Marcy lay in my arms dying. It was hard to swallow. All I could think of is going out to find who ever was letting their dog run rouge and kick their ever loving ASS.

It angered me in ways that I cant describe. I am all for natural selection and agree that we as humans are a part of this planet not owners. But this dog was domestic which means that instead of being mauled and eaten years ago by a bigger predator it was harbored in some jack asses house. Since this human decides to harbor such a aggressive dog it is their responsibility. Now some cougar will go hungry because some jack ass let their dog run free.  Damn I wish I could meet this jack ass.

So back to my blog with pretty pictures and comforting scenery.  Um, storms. Yea, so I made it home without incident while Billings was being hit by a tiny twistersourus.

I got home and plopped down on the couch. Then my phone rang. “Bill are you all right”. Screamed mom. I was like, “What?”

“Oh, sorry wrong Bill”. My brother by marriage is also Bill, we called him Big Bill. He is thee dude coming out to the 24 Hours of Rapelje this upcoming weekend. Mom was calling to see if he was ok since he lived near the incident which took out the big stadium and some businesses.

So I twittered that mom just called and there was a tornado in Billings. Ho hum