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Friday, December 17, 2004
Think, People! Think!
During the press conference this evening when the sheriff was announcing that the baby had been found alive, he commented that he was frustrated by the Amber Alert system, but that it was a valuable tool that helped in the end.
OK, I have to admit it. I thought they were going to rehash the whole "was it a fetus or a baby" routine I referenced earlier today. And I was going to GO OFF on someone. But that's not exactly the case.
You need to improvise. Adapt. Overcome. (hmmm... maybe the Amber Alert people should all be Marines.) I'm sorry that the good sheriff didn't have all of your precious stats so you could plug them into your computer. Sometimes emergencies can't be bundled into nice little boxes.
Sometimes, she's bundled in a dirty little blanket with her mother's blood drying on a corner.
OK, I have to admit it. I thought they were going to rehash the whole "was it a fetus or a baby" routine I referenced earlier today. And I was going to GO OFF on someone. But that's not exactly the case.
(Sheriff) Espey was frustrated that it took hours for a statewide amber alert to be issued. The mother was found around 3.30pm, and the amber alert didn't appear until nine hours later.No sh*t you didn't have all the stats!!! You have a newborn premature baby- causasian, light colored hair (if any at all), probably blue eyes (unless there is a strong tendency toward brown on both sides of the family) and complexion??? She just spent 8 months swimming in a pitch black pool- I'm thinking pale at best. Size? TINY. Weight? The OB/Gyn could hazard a guess, but my guess would be about 3.5lb. There ya go! You're looking for a person with a new TINY baby who didn't have one yesterday, driving a red Honda. Is that too difficult?
"We had a live baby, and I thought that should qualify as an amber alert," he said. "The information I was getting was that we didn't have enough information such as hair colour, eye colour, skin complexion, size and weight."
You need to improvise. Adapt. Overcome. (hmmm... maybe the Amber Alert people should all be Marines.) I'm sorry that the good sheriff didn't have all of your precious stats so you could plug them into your computer. Sometimes emergencies can't be bundled into nice little boxes.
Sometimes, she's bundled in a dirty little blanket with her mother's blood drying on a corner.
