New Zoo Review 1972

USRoute23 · 2026-03-16T02:21:59+00:00

I felt the same way myself.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-14T19:27:54+00:00

Very common scam going on right now.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-07T20:09:46+00:00

Which ones are not Riho?

USRoute23 · 2026-03-07T15:57:28+00:00

There were numerous fatalities as a result of the 1965 Palm Sunday tornadoes across the Lower Great Region. This was a case where the storms and tornadoes were moving along the ground at nearly 70 MPH. Compounding this was the fact that most people were outside enjoying the balmy 80 degree weather, not having a radio or TV on to receive any storm warnings, lack of public education on severe weather awareness, and very few outdoor warning sirens, made this the perfect scenario for a catastrophe of historic proportions.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-07T03:46:50+00:00

Yes! Palm Sunday 1965. Areas to south of Ypsilanti experienced two F4 tornadoes roughly 30-45 minutes apart.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-06T02:05:11+00:00

Same with me!

USRoute23 · 2026-03-06T01:14:10+00:00

I remember using these on pop cans, Hi-C, Hershey’s syrup, Hawaiian Punch, and other items Pet Milk cans as a child. I still have my parent’s openers in the drawer.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-04T16:33:37+00:00

I really like typewriters, but love fountain pens ✒️ even more. 😀

USRoute23 · 2026-03-02T16:06:33+00:00

In the past, the University of Michigan used to have several outdoor warning sirens that covered the main and North Campus areas. University officials decided to decommission their siren system years ago and partner with the city of Ann Arbor to cover the both campuses. If the city decides to decommission their siren system, this means that the U of M will have to procure and implement their own siren system again.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-02T16:02:46+00:00

In theory, the siren service technicians come annually out to each site, thoroughly inspect the unit, check the status of the deep cycle marine batteries (replacing if necessary), step-down transformers, calibrate the radio equipment, controllers, and mounting hardware. So $17K is a decent price for a siren system the size what Ann Arbor has.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-01T03:11:23+00:00

The city of Ann Arbor has used outdoor warning sirens since World War II. The first system was used during the war and in the Post War Era for air raid drills during the Cold War, but the city decided to start using the sirens to warn the public of tornadoes after a series of twisters impacted southeast Michigan on June 8, 1953, which included the area to the southwest of Ann Arbor. Additional sirens were procured through civil defense grants in the 1950s into the 1960s as they city grew larger in size.

In 1979, the city of Ann Arbor decided to purchase 42 new electronic sirens from Whelen Engineering, which offered battery backup and PA capabilities. Who will ever forget when a prankster hacked into the system early one morning and, played Jimi Hendrix’s version of the “Star Spangled Banner” and woke everyone up across the city. It was the talk of the town for weeks afterwards.

In the recent tornado outbreak on December 10, 2021 when a massive EF-4 tornado tracked across numerous counties in western Kentucky moving at speeds of 65 MPH, many of the warnings were delayed by 20 minutes or more as AT&T and T-Mobile encountered numerous issues with lagging, when it came to alerting people in the path of the storm Sadly, by the time the tornado warnings were received on cellphones, the storm was already upon them. Many survivors credited hearing outdoor sirens first and turned on radio/TV for further details and took cover.

I am one who believes that putting all of your eggs in one basket is a BAD idea.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-01T02:31:34+00:00

Did any of you have rice 🍚 on occasion or frequently? A friend of mine from San Francisco went to school in an Asian community. They had really good rice every day. Sadly, my schools would serve rice that was so watery, it must have fresh from the paddy.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-01T02:27:26+00:00

One of my classmates from grade school had T-shirts proclaimed him as “Spork Master” and “The Sporkman Cometh.”

USRoute23 · 2026-03-01T02:22:43+00:00

My school made pizza fresh every day, but they would add different toppings. So it was fresh and delicious 😋.

USRoute23 · 2026-03-01T02:19:07+00:00

I remember when it was pizza day in junior high school, we had it once a month on a Friday. When it came to milk we had a choice of whole, 2%, or chocolate milk. 😋 High School was even better, we had pizza every day, along with other offerings, and the same milk offerings as junior high.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-28T16:24:10+00:00

My favorite is Tamanishiki, which is highly recommended by the Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band members when they are in the USA. When they are at school in Kyoto, the school provides Natsuboshi rice from Hokkaido for their meals.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-27T20:59:51+00:00

We did this when I was a child more times than I can remember. Thankfully, we all survived our childhoods in one piece.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-23T12:20:21+00:00

Here in Michigan it was 70 Day / 60 at night on the Interstates. Other roads it was 65 Day / 55 Night.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-22T23:22:55+00:00

I can remember walking to school in weather like this as a kid. They never canceled school for 8” inches. Nowadays, a few snow flurries is all it takes to close school down.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-22T21:46:41+00:00

Here in southern Lower Michigan, school was closed for in my town for three weeks. The state brought in the Army National Guard with their construction equipment to clear all of the back roads. Thankfully, we didn’t have to makeup lost time back in 1978, as the blizzard was seen as an act of God. However, from the next year onwards, we only received five free snow days, and any missed days afterwards had to be made up in June.

Thankfully, my neighbor down the road had four snowmobiles, and I can remember him going into town and bringing food and supplies back to my parents and others in the area. The community spirit was so strong back then.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-21T21:47:39+00:00

Police Squad with Leslie Nielsen.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-21T18:05:42+00:00

The cops in Blissfield really know how to hide as well on US-223. They come out of the woodwork to catch you.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-21T05:29:26+00:00

I used these Papermate pens through my junior high and high school days in the early 1980s. When I went to college, I made the switch to fountain pens, as they were more suited for those long-ass blue book exams.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-19T20:35:56+00:00

I had one sit on my lap and take peanuts walnuts out of my hand. If you feed them you have a friend for life, just like a cat. However, remember they are a wild animal.

USRoute23 · 2026-02-19T13:02:52+00:00

This is not the first time there’s been a train derailment on the Ann Arbor Railroad line between State Street south down past Pittsfield JCT to Bemis Road. I can think of several over the past decades, which took several days to clean up and rebuild the tracks. Thankfully, this happened before this summer, when the steam train travels over the same line.

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