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  • Pastiche Oct 29, 2010 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Congrats on an interesting and entertaining LOTD. I read through all the way and gained even more respect for folks who work in your profession. Anyone who's called 911 knows how valuable you are in an emergency situation.
  • DebMartin Oct 28, 2010 @ 3:34 pm | delete
    What a super lens. I really liked learning a little more about Bethel and Alaska through the eyes of a police dispatcher. What an interesting way to educate us. Thanks and Congrats.
  • Pinkchic18 Oct 28, 2010 @ 9:37 am | delete
    Wow, this is an interesting lens! Kudos to you for all your hard work!
  • The-Java-Gal Oct 28, 2010 @ 9:37 am | delete
    Very entertaining and informative. Got a good laugh from the phone conversations! Well deserved LOTD.
  • wintersquidoo Oct 28, 2010 @ 8:43 am | delete
    waw, i'm safe now ^^
  • Sadheeskumar Oct 28, 2010 @ 8:42 am | delete
    Interesting lens. Congratulation for your achievement.
  • tssfacts Oct 28, 2010 @ 8:05 am | delete
    Great article. Being a retired surgical nurse I have seen some of the "behind the scenes" with our safety departments. It was nice to look further into the background of what happens. You did an excellent job. Congratulations on your LOTD.
  • puzzlemaker Oct 28, 2010 @ 7:59 am | delete
    Congrats on LOTD! This was a glimpse into something I would never otherwise hear about or experience. Thanks for the tour of being a 911 dispatcher!
  • BevsPaper Oct 28, 2010 @ 6:41 am | delete
    This was so engaging and entertaining to read! Thank you for your service as a Dispatcher and congrats on your LOTD award.
  • JeffreyTymczak Oct 28, 2010 @ 6:38 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your next lens, I will definitely be rating this UP!!! ;)

    Jeff
  • Wysiwigs Oct 28, 2010 @ 4:10 am | delete
    This lens is terrific! Congratulations on LOTD; methinks you most definitely earned it :o)
  • PR_am Oct 28, 2010 @ 3:46 am | delete
    Very engaging lens. Stands out in many ways. Congratulations on LOTD!
  • BuildingBlockToys Oct 28, 2010 @ 1:55 am | delete
    Congrats on your remarkable achievement as Lens of the Day! Great lens!!!
  • AlaskaHydro Oct 28, 2010 @ 12:53 am | delete
    Congratulations on your lens of the day. Hello from a fellow Alaskan in Anchorage.
  • Lady_Gotrocks Oct 28, 2010 @ 12:13 am | delete
    Awesome Lens! If I was still an Angel I would bless it!
  • Airinka Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:59 pm | delete
    congratulations on lotd
  • Adamophoto Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:56 pm | delete
    This is a great lens. Nice Work!
  • Tipi Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:06 pm | delete
    Congratulations on getting LOTD. A very interesting lens.
  • spuds Oct 27, 2010 @ 10:56 pm | delete
    A really comprehensive lens. Some great information.
  • EditorDave Oct 27, 2010 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    Awesome lens! Great stories, great pictures and activities... I used to be a newspaper photographer in a small community--and our newspaper policy was to share our photos with the police department in exchange for information for the news stories. So I would take pictures at police and fire activities... sometimes acting like a CSI photographer. And I had a police-band scanner in the house, in my car, and on my belt. Always "on-call"... Your stories are similar to many I've heard, too! And when I lived in Montana, we also had moose, elk, and even bear looking through our windows and wandering through the streets. Dispatchers' delight! I've liked, favorited, thumbs-upped, and lensrolled your amazing lens! Congrats on a great job!
  • spritequeen Oct 27, 2010 @ 8:37 pm | delete
    Oh, wow! I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this!! Thanks for sharing! AWESOME!
  • TopMovieSoundtracks Oct 27, 2010 @ 7:24 pm | delete
    Congrats on lens of the day and for sharing your personal stories.
  • Susan52 Oct 27, 2010 @ 7:12 pm | delete
    Love this lens! My sons (in law enforcement) will appreciate it even more than I do. Thank you for serving your community in AK (not in AR - I live in AR) and for sharing. Blessed by a SquidAngel!
  • Momsbusy247 Oct 27, 2010 @ 6:49 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens, nicely put together. Keep up the good work.
  • kitty222 Oct 27, 2010 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    *Snicker* Loved the one where somebody thought the full moon was a UFO. Sheesh, some people, right?
  • lastlittlebird Oct 27, 2010 @ 6:39 pm | delete
    This was such a good read! I really enjoyed it.
  • pyle_mountain Oct 27, 2010 @ 5:39 pm | delete
    Great lens! The stories you put on here are cracking me up, big time! I especially liked the one about the UFO and also the person calling in looking for the Troopers! Congrats on your LOTD award. :)
  • darciefrench Oct 27, 2010 @ 5:33 pm | delete
    Thoroughly enjoyable lens! Love the nightcrawler stories...
  • eccles1 Oct 27, 2010 @ 5:32 pm | delete
    Congratulations !!
  • jaktraks Oct 27, 2010 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    Interesting and funny . . . excellent!
  • awelldressedbullet Oct 27, 2010 @ 5:26 pm | delete
    Congratulations on your Lens of the Day! - Kathy
  • nightbear Oct 27, 2010 @ 5:16 pm | delete
    So very interesting, I enjoyed your lens, and got an education too. Thanks!
  • OhMe Oct 27, 2010 @ 4:44 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD.
  • sewjr24 Oct 27, 2010 @ 4:35 pm | delete
    Congrats on a great lens and on being selected for LOTD! When you get a chance, you may be interested in checking out my Police Scanners lens which features live online police and fire/rescue scanner feeds from around the country.
  • WindyWinters Oct 27, 2010 @ 4:01 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD! :)
  • bakerwoman Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    Congratulations on the !sdt place win. Great informative lens. Favorited.
  • hotbrain Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    Great lens! I love the Christmas Story! And congrats on lens of the day!
  • Carmel_Aaron Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:46 pm | delete
    This is a fantastic lens.
    I am so happy you love your job.
    Thank you. Thumbs up
  • nDee Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    Love this lens . . . and congrats on LOTD!
  • domainblitz Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    Fantastic Lens!
  • prosperity66 Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:32 pm | delete
    Excellent lens! I like to learn those pearls of insurance, schools and now I've got those of the people who call the 911... Too much fun and really interesting read!
  • kimmanleyort Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:25 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD. Very entertaining and enlightening. I'll bet you could write many a lens on the situations you encountered.
  • scarywoodwitch Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:21 pm | delete
    Congratulations, great lens!
  • ItsAngel Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:14 pm | delete
    Great lens. I enjoyed it
  • SereneSea Oct 27, 2010 @ 3:07 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD, interesting lens with a bucket full of real encounters that are really great.
  • Irenemaria Oct 27, 2010 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    Ours is 112
  • happynutritionist Oct 27, 2010 @ 2:44 pm | delete
    Your stories are amazing...I'm in NJ and can't imagine what a change it must have been leave here and live in a place of such beauty. My hubby is from out west, and has been w/ me here in NJ for over 30 years, says it's like being "down in a hole", we're surrounded by trees. Anyway, congrats on the LOTD today.
  • SofiaMann Oct 27, 2010 @ 2:33 pm | delete
    Very nice lens. Congratulations.
  • KimGiancaterino Oct 27, 2010 @ 2:15 pm | delete
    What a great lens ... I enjoyed your scripts, especially the one about the moose. I think I need to move to Bethel -- a city with no traffic lights. My last red light ticket cost over $350 plus traffic school. Congrats on LOTD.
  • ohcaroline Oct 27, 2010 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens. I've been in jobs similar to that and can appreciate those calls.
  • SynchronicityHouse Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:54 pm | delete
    What a great lens, I've learnt loads about Alaska as well as lots about a Dispatcher's job and had a good laugh too! You do have a gift with words. Congratulations on LOTD.
  • Kapalbility Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    Congrats for the LOTD. Well deserved. I laughed so hard at the stolen phone. Shared your article at FaceBook.
  • ajgodinho Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:48 pm | delete
    Enjoyed this lens much and especially some of those hilarious ones. You guys do a great job in difficult situations. Congrats on LotD! :)
  • stacy_mcdaniel Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:47 pm | delete
    Congratulations on lens of the day. I've had a scanner for about ten years. I really enjoy it. Every year on Christmas Eve they put out a BOLO on Santa and his Reindeer. It's so cute. Fun Lens! Made me smile:-)
  • gypsyman27 Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:39 pm | delete
    by the way congrats on lens of the day selection, see you around the galaxy...
  • gypsyman27 Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:35 pm | delete
    great lens, highlights a much needed service being done by unsung heros, see you around the galaxy...
  • kiwisoutback Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:31 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD! Well done.
  • Widemouth Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    Great Lens, my Dad was a Paramedic and a dispatcher in BC, he would have loved your site. I dedicated this lens to him, I think you will enjoy it.
    http://www.squidoo.com/vince-case-obituary
    especially the part about the magic ambulance I made up from all his stories. I think we still have some relatives in Alaska - a police officer that now goes by the name Eskimilo Thunderbunny - I think he put quite a few bad boys in jail and wants to be left alone. Thanks again for the great stories.
  • VickiSims Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    Great stories and information. What a wonderful lens! Congratulations on your well-deserved LOTD!
  • lemonsqueezy Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:11 pm | delete
    "All units be advised. Subject is a loose moose." hahahahahahahaha! Priceless! Very well deserved LotD.
  • HtCares Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:09 pm | delete
    It takes a special person to do the job you do, so thank you for being that special person on the other end of the phone during the big and small emergencies. We don't live in Alaska, but we have had a couple of emergencies in our family and relied on someone like you to get us through it, so we really appreciate the job that all of you do! Thank you again, and great lens!
  • Mujjen Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:08 pm | delete
    Congratulations on great lens, I had some good laughs!
  • SandyPeaks Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:07 pm | delete
    What a great lens, wonderful incidents! Congrats on the win - you deserve more accolades!
  • 2muchtrash Oct 27, 2010 @ 1:03 pm | delete
    This has to be one of the best lenses I have ever read, both on the humorous side, and the serious side. I have to admit to having felt many differing emotions whilst reading it! Definitely deserving of the LoTD award. Congratulations, and thanks so much for sharing.
  • ChristopherFranko Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:48 pm | delete
    this is from 09 and being featured at the end of 2010? -sigh- sadness.
  • JimH Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:45 pm | delete
    Congrats, you deserve it ... a very fine lens, very important topic and covered well!
  • jptanabe Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:43 pm | delete
    Congrats on your LotD! This was a fun read as well as being informative.
  • Lisa-Marie-Mary Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:32 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD - this lens is awesome and totally deserves it!
  • kajohu Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:23 pm | delete
    Fun, fun, FUN to read! Congratulations on LOTD! ("inducted by invisible aliens", indeed!)
  • MiseryBusiness519 Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:17 pm | delete
    I love this lens! The calls you get are so funny! Thanks! :)
  • KathyMcGraw Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:13 pm | delete
    Laughing at some of your calls....and I was visually watching my letter go to Arkansas as I often confuse those acronyms :) Congratulations on your LOTD...blessed this too...:)
  • MissMerFaery Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    Many congratulations on lens of the day! This was absolutely fascinating and the conversations you have had..! Very deserving of LOTD!
  • GrowWear Oct 27, 2010 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    Highly entertaining and informative. Congratulations for LOTD!
  • Heather426 Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:58 am | delete
    love it, our emergency workers are heroes!
  • modz Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:54 am | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD!
  • JennySui Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:47 am | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD!
  • SquidooKimberly Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:44 am | delete
    Congrats on LOTD! Thanks for sharing your stories. I'm an EMT and former firefighter and boy...the excitement never stops.
  • AdriennePetersen Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Enjoyed reading your lens! In a town I used to live in, the police had an unofficial ten code for a potty break. :-)
  • SmBizGuru Oct 27, 2010 @ 11:28 am | delete
    Love the funny story about Bethel, Alaska. We have an impressive one stop light here in Conrad, Montana.
  • a_willow Apr 17, 2009 @ 1:20 pm | delete
    You are one of February 2009 graduates! Come by and answer few questions to show the way to those who will follow! Wish you many, many more great lenses!
  • yesido Apr 15, 2009 @ 10:39 pm | delete
    Great lens, very informative! Congratulations on your 1st place win!!!!
  • BlackroseBugg Apr 5, 2009 @ 12:03 am | in reply to sittonbull | delete
    Thank you both! I am honored to have been selected as there were some excellent lenses submitted at the same time as this one. I will be updating it soon with more anecdotes... keep this channel open! :)
  • sittonbull Apr 4, 2009 @ 3:56 pm | delete
    Congratulations on !st in the Fresh Squid Contest!
  • Tobbie Apr 2, 2009 @ 4:35 am | delete
    Congratulations on your 1st place win!
  • BlackroseBugg Apr 2, 2009 @ 2:28 am | in reply to a_willow | delete
    Thank you! I am very grateful to you and to those that found something in this lens that they enjoyed enough to vote for it. There were some excellent lenses submitted this month, so this is unexpected, but exciting! Almost as exciting as that next 9-1-1 call!
  • a_willow Apr 1, 2009 @ 2:44 pm | delete
    This lens won 1st place in Fresh Squid Contest for February 2009! Congratulations! :)
    Badge will arrive by mail!
  • stevie10772 Mar 31, 2009 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    Super lens! some of these stories are an absolute riot.... I was laughing my head off! Thanks for sharing all this with us. It was far more than entertaining.
  • sittonbull Mar 16, 2009 @ 6:47 pm | delete
    Enjoyed reading your lens. Emergency response is an immensely important mission where seconds can sometimes mean life or death so it's hard to imagine having to cover that large an area with one team, but you did a great job of bringing the lighter moments home. 5*s and faved and a vote in the FSC
  • mysticmama Mar 3, 2009 @ 3:22 pm | delete
    very nice lens, My hubby owe his life to fast responders when he blew up...So thanks for the excellent lens, 5*
  • SixB Mar 2, 2009 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Good Luck BB! I'm cheering for you.
  • BlackroseBugg Mar 1, 2009 @ 4:32 pm | in reply to a_willow | delete
    I am honored, Willow. Thank you. I am sure the competition is going to be as stiff as other months! There are some awesome lenses out there!
  • a_willow Mar 1, 2009 @ 2:26 pm | delete
    This lens entered Fresh Squid Contest for March as one of featured lenses on Fresh Squid group in February! Come by and vote!
  • BlackroseBugg Feb 22, 2009 @ 5:28 am | in reply to Tinw | delete
    Thanks, Tinw. The widget shows Bethel for me - do you have links with weather channel- a desktop feed or anything? That might be overriding the widget. Otherwise...???
  • Tinw Feb 21, 2009 @ 12:35 am | delete
    BB-- I keep coming back. You really need to write a book of your adventures someday, you know? And you're mastering the art of Squid rather quickly, I see!

    One thing. I do not understand how to fix it, but that weather widget is giving me the forecast for balmy southern CA.
  • BlackroseBugg Feb 20, 2009 @ 10:12 pm | in reply to EverythingMouse | delete
    Thank you Everything Mouse! I thought I felt some fairy dust going down the back of my neck a little while ago...but it was squidangel dust! I am glad to have gotten all the help I did to make this a worthy lens.

    And thanks to Kleineine for popping in as well!
  • EverythingMouse Feb 20, 2009 @ 6:34 pm | delete
    What an interesting lens!

    You have been Blessed by a Squid Angel
  • klieneine Feb 18, 2009 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    Great Lens. I really enjoyed it.
  • BlackroseBugg Feb 15, 2009 @ 9:09 pm | in reply to Ramkitten | delete
    Thank you! I so enjoyed your SAR lens as well- reminded me of many incidents, which I will be adding to the lens as time permits. Thanks for stopping by!
  • BlackroseBugg Feb 15, 2009 @ 9:04 pm | in reply to a_willow | delete
    Thank you, Willow. I am pleased that this lens was good enough to be in with those other awesome lenses in the Fresh Squid Club. Some amazing things there!
  • Ramkitten Feb 15, 2009 @ 8:59 pm | delete
    This is great! Being in Search & Rescue, I spend a lot of time listening to the dispatcher's work, and I'm always so impressed. I'm lensrolling this to my Becoming a Search and Rescue Volunteer lens. I haven't found too many lenses on the subject of rescue, and this one is really good to boot.
  • a_willow Feb 15, 2009 @ 4:07 pm | delete
    Excellent lens! Welcome to Fresh Squid group! Hope to see many great lenses under your name in future!
  • BlackroseBugg Feb 13, 2009 @ 11:48 am | in reply to Beautiful_GreenBeans | delete
    Thank you all for stopping by! I really appreciate it - and Green Beans- I am very glad your son is all right, and that a colleague was able to help you through a very scary experience. I don't think there is a single dispatcher that would not say that calls involving children are the toughest, bar none.
  • Beautiful_GreenBeans Feb 13, 2009 @ 8:43 am | delete
    Oh, that was a great! Nothing like a good belly laugh to start your day.

    In all seriousness, I recently had to call 911 when my 3yo slipped and cracked his head on the ceramic tile rendering him unconscious and without breath. Just as I started CPR he gasped for breath but was still out cold. If it wasn't for the 911 operator on the other line, I can't be sure I would have held it together until the ambulance came. You do more than just answer the call, you are best friend and therapist through some of our worst life experiences. Thank you for what you do everyday!
  • Joan4 Feb 13, 2009 @ 4:42 am | delete
    Entertaining and fun to read! As well as informative! I giggled at your stories. But the cuts to service are frightening.
  • OhMe Feb 13, 2009 @ 4:11 am | delete
    Oh me, Oh My! I found your lens to be so interesting that I have read and enjoyed every word. Well done! Great work!
  • SixB Feb 6, 2009 @ 8:26 am | delete
    The AK-AR story is a riot an so typical. Many NYer's dont know that Buffalo is part of their own state either, let alone country, or that the only actual NY football team left is the Bills.
  • Feb 5, 2009 @ 10:59 pm | delete
    I know someone who is a dispatcher, living in Montana. This lens gives me some more respect for what she does every day (not to mention a couple good laughs) :) Great lens!
  • SixB Feb 5, 2009 @ 5:37 pm | delete
    I got many laughs reading this! Great page BB. It never occurred to me that 911 was in essence human tech support. The dispatcher calls you shared took me back to my days in the trenches of computer tech support, and yes, when the techie puts you on hold, your ears should be ringing!
  • bcziebarth Feb 5, 2009 @ 10:51 am | delete
    I greatly enjoyed your post. I am a firefighter from Missouri. Our dispatchers dispatch for the whole county including a large city. I am not sure how they keep it all straight.
  • dagsmith Feb 4, 2009 @ 9:20 am | delete
    I really enjoyed this! I saw your request in the forum and came here to check out your site. I enjoy all the insider information and stories!
  • Stazjia Feb 4, 2009 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Great lens - really interesting. Getting the inside story is always fascinating.
  • alteredkat Feb 3, 2009 @ 7:13 am | delete
    Informative interesting lens *****
    Thanks for visiting my Canadian foodie lens :o)
    I appreciate it!
  • Ramkitten Feb 1, 2009 @ 7:08 pm | delete
    What a great lens! Definitely 5* and a favorite and a lensroll and that good stuff. Love the call re-caps. I often hear voices like yours over the radio when I'm in the field as a SAR volunteer and am so impressed at the job the dispatchers do. An invaluable service.

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