Have you ever had to call 911? What for?

[Maddy McCall]

I just had to call, because there was a COW ON MY PORCH.

My dogs were barking like crazy, and when I opened the door, there was cow walked up my porch steps. She drank from my barrel pond (I'm sure my koi are traumatized now), and then stood there and looked at me.

Did I mention that it was a HUGE COW? I don't know why the porch didn't cave in. She was bleeding on her back and udder, and also on her rear legs.

So I called dispatch, and told them that I have a bleeding COW ON MY PORCH. The dispatcher busted out laughing, and tried to compose herself, and then started laughing again. She said, "I am sorry for laughing, but this is the oddest call I've received all week." And then she started laughing again.

I had my service radio on, so I heard her gasping for air as she dispathed the deputies, who, after recognizing the address as being mine, THEN started laughing over the radio and making wisecracks about the cow on my porch. I told her that I heard them! and that she could put my call behind the more important ones, but she said, "Oh no, the officer is en route to see this."

I tried to shoo the cow away, but she was having none of it. Finally, she clomped off of my porch, almost taking out my weimaraner in the process, and meandered back down the driveay.

I called dispatch again (on the non-emergency line) and told them that they could disregard, that the cow was leaving. The dispatcher, still laughing, then radioed the deputy who was responding, and said "The cow has left the building."

The deputy showed up anyway, and stood in my driveway laughing about the cow-capade. He told me to call him on his cell if I have any more cow problems tonight.

The dogs are STILL barking, so I guess that the cow is working her way back to my pond again. What a ctazy night. Inly in the south.

Sorry for such a long post. I'm just not used to having a massive domesticated cloven-hooved animal rattling around on my porch at midnight.

So, tell me about your call to 911. :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. Poor cow :(

:( You think it was okay?

I've called twice — once for a fire, once when my grandma was having a heart attack.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Sorry about that, oedi.

I hope I didn't bring back any bad memories. :hug:

I don't know if the cow was ok or not. She was stumbling around on the purch, but that could have been because it's a small porch, and, well, she's a BIG COW. She seemed alright when she was walking back down the driveway.

The property next to mine has a barn and many cows...I guess she came through the barbed wire fence that separates our property.

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Nah, no bad memories

Well — except of the fire captain telling me "I believe you started this fire" — which I did. I was like 13 and had been sneaking a smoke out back, but all that burned was this old cargo trailer full of scrap wood.

My gramma's heart attack, I was actually kinda proud. I came home from somewhere and she was sitting in an easy chair in obvious distress, and my mom was just covering her with a blanket and stuff like that. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, "My arm." I said, "What's wrong with your arm?" She said, "It feels like it's broke." I knew that was a sign of a heart attack, so I calmly called 911. She was in hospital for a few days, but she was all right.

I'm more concerned about your cow. :(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Maddy!

What a great story!

Only in the south, indeed!:rofl:

Alas, or maybe not, I've never had to call 911...

Not yet, anyway....

:scared:

[Maddy McCall]

5. Hi, Peg...

I'm usually on the dispatch end of the 911 call, so it was funny to actually have to call, and for this reason. :)

I had to call about three yeare ago. A very angry, drunk woman called me and told me that I was dead, that she was on her way to kick my ass, and that if I walked out of my front door, I was dead. All of this was recorded on my answering machine, as well as her number on my caller ID>

Come to find out, she had dialed the wrong number, and was instead trying to reach a man she suspected of molesting her child.

The guy was eventually convicted of molestation, served time, and is now on the sexual offenders registry here.

Crazy southern stuff. :wow:

[EFerrari]

4. I did several times when Doug was paranoid and trying to kill me

because he thought I was a threat to him. It wasn't a good experience.

I'm so glad those days are over.

:woohoo:

[Maddy McCall]

6. I had to call...

because of domestic stuff, too, way back in my past.

Life is much more peaceful now.

:hug:

[EFerrari]

8. We're still here!

:hug:

:woohoo:

[Maddy McCall]

12. And enjoying every minute of life now.

:hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

21. Maddy, you and sfexpat have my great admiration!

I was in an abusive relationship (though it was mental and emotional abuse, not anything physical, and sfexpat, I know Doug had problems), and I know how very difficult it was for me to finally break it off for good.

People who survive those kinds of relationships, and most importantly, get out for their own sakes (and the sake of their kids, if they have them), are awesome!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya: to the both of you!

[Maddy McCall]

24. Thank you.

:loveya:

[EFerrari]

32. In my case, it was just a matter of trying to muster resources

because when he was in his right mind, Doug would be horrified at the idea of hurting women, let alone me.

But it all gets lumped together and that is confusing.

But, sure, here's to being safe, and to being mindful and to doing our best to protecting our lives.

:toast:

[SeattleGirl]

35. I know, sf. Your case was a bit different from mine.

In many ways, Doug couldn't help it, but as you say, it gets lumped together, and that's quite understandable.

Living with someone who has a mental illness that is untreated, or untreatable, or where the person doesn't follow what they need to do, must be an absolute nightmare of emotions.

Though this isn't quite the same thing, it reminds me of my dad, who was an alcoholic. When he was sober, he was one of the best people you could ever be around, and he would literally give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. When he was drunk, though, he was very unpleasant and abusive. I loved my dad dearly, but I hated the drunk in him. And it was impossible to completely separate them. He's been dead for 30 years, and I've dealt with a lot of the stuff that went on between us (plus, I had an opportunity to talk to him, and straighten some things out before he passed), but the bad memories are still there.

It's sad, but yes, sometimes we have to get out, or our sake, and sometimes for the sake of the one who is abusive.

Bless the survivors, on both sides of the fence.

:toast:

[EFerrari]

37. I see no downside to respecting life.

My single alcoholic mom has been sober since 1974.

Here's to the steps we can take. :toast:

[SeattleGirl]

39. Aw, good for your mom!!!

I toast her with lemonade! :toast:

[SeattleGirl]

7. ROFL! Only YOU would have a genuine cow-capade, Maddy!

On a more serious note, I did have to call 911 once. I was visiting a friend of mine at her office once. She was working for her dad and uncle, who co-owned the company. Her dad, Arley, came out of his office to the reception area to tell Sharon something. When he finished, he turned around, and then fell flat on his face on the floor.

To this day, I don't know how I did all this; auto pilot, probably. Sharon had run over to her dad and was screaming. I grabbed her and told her to go to her dad's office and then started yelling for her uncle (embarrassed to say I did not know CPR at the time).

The uncle came up front right away and started CPR. I called 911, and felt surprisingly calm. I explained to the operator what was going on, where we were, etc. Stayed on the phone with her until the ambulance arrived.

Then, while the paramedics were loading Arley onto the stretcher, I went into his office where Sharon was, and sent her out to ride with the ambulance. Then I called her mom to let her know what was going on. After that, I went to the hospital to be there for Sharon and her mom.

They worked on him for 2 hours, but to no avail. That wonderful man died that day. I still remember having one arm around Sharon, and having my hand on the other arm squeezed almost to the breaking point by her mom, while both of them sobbed.

After about 45 minutes, the rest of the family came to the hospital, and I left. I went home, and the minute I saw my mom, I lost it. I had been cool, calm, collected, and totally there for Sharon and her mom the whole time, but after that, I was a sobbing mess for hours.

I never want to go through that again.

[Maddy McCall]

10. Oh my god, SG, that's terrible.

What a horrific thing to go through.

I'm not surprised that you stayed with the daughter and wife until family arrived. That sounds like you...you're a very king, generous person.

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

13. Thank you, Maddy.

You are, as well. :hug:

[RushIsRot]

9. For my heart attack, although I did not know it at the time.

What an education!

[Maddy McCall]

11. I'm glad you called.

:hug:

[RushIsRot]

43. Thanks! Me too. I spent 9 days in the hospital. I learned a bit.

[idgiehkt]

15. That is a mess

I bet she got thirsty and broke out of pasture looking for a drink or something. :hi: I bet the koi don't know what to think, lol.

I had to call a couple days ago. I called the sheriff because reprobate left her dog in the car in 95 degree weather, at the grocery store. They told me to hang up and call 911, so I did. I waited for them to get there but the lady left before they came. She is gonna kill her dog like that, it ruined my mood for the rest of the night.

[Maddy McCall]

19. Good for you.

I'm glad that the dog was OK...but with an idiot like that woman, it's only a matter of tiem.

:hi:

[fizzgig]

16. that story is killing me!

:rofl:

i've got a few friends who have worked or do work in dispatch. one of them told me about a woman who dialed 911 once because burger king got her order wrong and she wanted an officer to show up

i've had to call a few times. once for a chimney fire at our house, once when i was babysitting and some kids were throwing rocks at the house (i was 13 and it freaked me out) and last summer when someone tried to crawl through my bedroom window while i was in bed.

the dispatchers were always very patient and calm, i really appreciated it

[Maddy McCall]

20. Someone tried to enter your house while you slept?

Holy crap.

I'm glad that you're still here. I would have freaked out. :scared:

[fizzgig]

38. i was actually still awake when it happened

i heard something crashing around in the brush on the side of my house (my house is set back off the street and there's just a little bit of room between my house and the neighbor's garage and i heard someone trying to push up on my window). the officer who responded asked me if it could have been an animal and i wanted to tell him that the only way it could have been an animal as if it was fucking sasquatch, but i was very polite

[Downtown Hound]

31. That Burger King call is on youtube

Absolutely hysterical and frightening at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MbOlsu_YMo

[Heidi]

48. The caller sounds like Britney Spears!

:rofl:

[hfojvt]

17. I find that cows will respond

to a loud hi-ya! But it's more than a little intimidating having an animal that big in your personal space. But my collie-lab and my blue-heeler are both herd dogs too.

My call to 911 was quite dull. It happened at work. Some people rushed out of a party claiming that a woman in there had stopped breathing. So I called 911 and explained the situation and then grabbed the machine that I cannot remember the name of and went into the room. I found the person to be awake, kinda groggy maybe, but breathing and speaking. I tried to get some details from one of the many on-lookers (did I mention this was a wedding reception or some kind of party?). Then I noticed that an officer was already there. I asked him if he wanted the device. He said no, and so I let him handle it. Nice that they showed up so quick.

[Maddy McCall]

22. I wasn't exactly scared of the cow...

I was more worried that she'd knock out one of the beams that supports my porch and the house would fall in around us. LOL.

Are you talking about the defib? I'm glad I've never had to use one of those. Good that the officer responded quickly.

:hi:

[hfojvt]

27. not that powerful but the same basic principle

I was very relieved that I hardly had to do anything. I just remembered another call I made, but I am not sure if I called 911 or just the fire department. I came home and smoke was pouring out of a second floor window of my apartment building. About 100 units in the building, or maybe 50. It was a fairly big 3 or 4 stories. First I tried to find a source for the smoke but the smoke was so thick in one apartment that I could not see a source. Nobody was around that apartment either. Tried to find the apartment manager and nobody home. Tried the manager of the sister building and nobody home. Probably should have called the fire department right away instead of trying to pass the buck, but it ended up just being a bad kitchen fire that was long gone by the time the trucks got there. So maybe I should not have called at all.

Speaking of kitchens. You probably know that Wednesday was Julia Child's birthday. I thought of you when I read that in the paper. Also Ben Affleck's.

[Roon]

18. Had to call them twice recently

My Grandfather fell in the alley and my Grandmother had a bad reaction to her epidural shot.

[Maddy McCall]

23. Awww...

It's a good thing that you were there to call.

And now my dogs are barking again so I have to go see if the cow's back.

*sigh*

[Roon]

26. I hope the cow is OK..eom

[Lethe]

25. i called 911 and actually saved a life

even though he was so wasted he doesnt even remember it....

A long time ago I staying the night at my grandparent's house and my uncle was there because he had just been divorced by his wife. I came upstairs to find my uncle semi-conscious and ranting about how he hates everyone and wants to die, etc. He had a huge bottle of vodka nearby that was empty(he chugged the whole thing, like a 1.0L), and from his suicidal rants I thought he had taken some pills to do the deed.

I called 911 and they came and took him to the hospital. Afterwards, the doctor told us his BAC was over 1.0%, which is enough to kill a human. No pills, just a shitload of vodka.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

85. 1!? Shit, .5 is more than enough to kill most people. . .

Glad you called :hug:

[ruiner4u]

28. why do you hate cows?

Any cow lover would know to give mouth to udder resuscitation..

[EFerrari]

29. She hates them for their freedom.

[ruiner4u]

30. damn al-cowaida...

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34. I called once

I heard a lady a few apartments over from me yelling at her kid. This was then followed by a number of loud banging sounds, and the kid wailing and screaming. It sure sounded to me like she was hitting him, so I called the cops. They showed up, went and talked to her, and then left. Made no arrests or anything, so I assumed I had made a mistake.

Two days later, the same thing. It happened several more times, before they packed up and left. I never knew why they left, only that I was glad they did.

[SeattleGirl]

36. I'm glad you called.

Whether it was something or not, when a child is involved, I believe it is better to err on the side of the safety of the child.

[qdemn7]

40. My 911 story ( NOT for the squeamish )

Called 911 once back in 1984. I was a railroad freight brakeman / conductor for 17 years. We we coming through a small Central Texas town about 600am on a Sunday morning, just turning daylight. I was the Conductor riding the caboose (when we still had cabooses), and the Engineer comes on the radio and says

"_________ we just ran over something up here, and it was either a bag of garbage or a man laying between the rails."

I say "Well, let me look.". So I look back, and the caboose had just passed over the object, and I said "Yeah, we just ran over someone."

So I have them stop the train and I got back and look, and yes it's a black male laying between the rails, dead. I know he's dead because he has a major head injury, and both feet are off at the ankle. He was laying right on the other side of a high asphalt road crossing, in a curve, so they couldn't see him until they were right on top of him. I tell them to pull the train out of town off the other road crossings, so no one runs into the side of the train in the early morning light.

So.... we're out of radio contact with the dispatcher. This was before cell phones, and of course there's no pay phone, because this is a residential neighborhood. So I start walking, looking for a house with a light on. I walk about 4 blocks and see a house with not only a light on, but the front door is open with the screen door closed and living room light on.

I knock of the door, and it's the home of a local pastor. I call 911, and tell them "My name is ________ _______ I'm a Conductor with the ___ RR, and we just ran over a man at the ________ St. crossing. I hang up the phone and about 30 seconds later the police go screaming by. I then call my dispatcher on our 1-800 number and tell him what's happened.

So I walk back down, by this time in addition to the PD, the Fire Department and an ambulance have arrived. They say "Yes he's dead, all right. What happened?" I explain, and we all have to wait around until the Justice of the Peace arrives and pronounces the man dead.

The only positive thing about the whole incident, is the JP says it looked like the man was dead already, since he only bled a small amount. They thought he had too much to drink, laid down and died, or he died somewhere else and was left there to make it look a train killed him. Never heard any more about ti, so to this day I don't know what really happened.

The whole process took about 2 hours, and they sent a relief crew for us, so at least we didn't have to work another 2 hours.

[fizzgig]

41. oh gods

that had to be a hard experience for you and the rest of the crew

[MissMarple]

42. Hoo boy! So she was seeking safe haven?

It sounds like she had been attacked and spooked. Poor dear.

[tjwmason]

44. Distinctly less unusual than yours.

A motorbike went into the back of a car whilst I was walking along the road. The car was slowing to turn off the road and the motorcyclist didn't notice.

It all looked pretty nasty at first, and as with all bike accidents the possibility of head-injury was present.

The ambulance arrived very quickly, and because this was next to a large park they thought that in case things were much worse than they looked they would call the air-ambulance as well. The police had to come (as with all road accidents), and the bike was leaking some petrol onto the road so the fire-brigade were called to clean that. So I managed to get all three emergency services, plus a helicopter, summoned.

By the time they were ready to airlift the chap away the view of the paramedics was that he would be able to walk out of hospital within a couple of days.

All I heard after that was a formal witness statement thingy from the police which I had to complete.

[Blue Diadem]

45. Oh gosh I love your cow capade.

Sorry she ended up on your porch though..hope she is ok.

I always get a kick out of listening to the scanner and hearing the cops chase cows or horses that are loose, especially if we know said cops.

As far as calling 911..I've had to a few times. Most recent was a year or so ago when DH and son caught something between the walls on fire while putting in a new toilet. They had to cut some of the cast iron in the basement and used a cutting wheel..sparks shot and smolder smolder..call 911. DH cuts wall out, I hand him the hose and the smoldering whatever was out by the time the full group shows up. Thermal imaging is wonderful too!

[Call Me Wesley]

46. You have Kois? :)

Sorry about the cow, must have been quite a sight. And I'm sure the Kois will recover quickly. I had two labradors taking a swim in my Koi pond so far, which was quite a sight also. :(

For calling 911: Only once so far, when a drunk driver crashed fully frontal into a building at 3 a. m. The guy was not injured at all, but his car was just wrecked beyond belief.

[Maddy McCall]

66. Yes, I do...they are pretty small kois.

I only have two in the barrel pond.

Do you have kois in a pond? Post photos!

[Call Me Wesley]

71. I posted some in the Photography group.

I have a 2,200 gallon Koi pond with six Kois (largest is about 20 inches, the others are around 17 inches). Here are a few pics:

[Maddy McCall]

73. Oh, Wesley. Those are beautiful.

I may consult you sometime in the future about ponds...I'm wanting to put a large one in, in my back yard. If you don't mind me bugging you about it...

How do you control algae? My pond water is green and I don't want to hurt the fish, so I don't know what to do.

[Call Me Wesley]

74. Bug me all you want. :)

Green water is not the big problem some say (although algae consume oxygen, that might then lack for the fishes,) but treatment won't hurt the fishes, either. I'd need some of your specs to begin with, like - do you have some filtration, do you do water changes, do you test the water from time to time?

There's a lot of some 'wonder treatments' for green water, but I wouldn't use it myself. Green water, if it occurs, I treat with an UV light before the filtration, but I never got a real problem to begin with, except for spring time, when they come out of winter stasis. But some green water is actually good for Kois - it's just no fun anymore if we can't see the fishes. ;)

Is your barrel in the full sun? This might add to algae growth, and if so, try a shade, especially during noon. Are there any water plants? How much do you feed (too much food also adds to algae grow, and and and.) It's quite complex, I'm afraid.

If you have good water (tap or well, that is not chlorinated and has a good pH and hardness), you could start with a 25% water change right now, then do a 10% water change every week. Extra aeration wouldn't be bad, either, you can accomplish that with either a simple waterfall or some air stones.

I know this all sounds awkward, but, believe me, green water is only bothering us, not the fishes (if there's no other problems, of course.) And to shock you even more, here's a similar filtration system I have, but I only have a pic from my best friend's pond:



If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a PM, so we don't annoy anyone here. ;)

[MissMillie]

47. Once, when a car drove into our house

I was 19 at the time, living w/ my parents.

I guess the driver admitted to trying to kill himself. He drove into a tree in front of the local convenience store, and realized that hadn't worked, so he backed up, pulled out into the street, drove down the road, and tried again.... by driving into our house.

He hit a cement stoop in front of the house. 4 more feet to the left, and he'd have taken out the tenant's living room.

[soleft]

49. Once I saw a woman in a motorized wheelchair going up Broadway

In the middle of the street, against traffic. I called 9/11 because it looked like she was going to get hit by car.

The woman who answered the phone said, "So what's the problem?"

Me: "She might get hit by a car"

Woman: "Well, have you spoken to her to see what her problem is?"

Me: "No I haven't spoken to her, she's in the middle of the street!"

Oy.

[mikeytherat]

50. Not a 9-1-1 story, but I DO have a good cow story!

My band had just finished a gig at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. Our lead singer and I are traveling together, heading down the mountain in the wee hours of the morning, and he says, "Hey! Look at all the cows!" Off to the left, in someone's front yard, are several cows (there are even a few on the porch). I don't notice this and I do not respond to him, because there are 1,500 pounds of full-grown heifer standing right in the middle of the road. I executed a hard-left turn, and some quick heel-and-toe work (note: Birks are a little too wide to heel-and-toe in full-blown panic mode, but I made it work), and just made it around the cow. My buddy didn't even know what was going on (he was watching the yard cows). The only thing he saw was the cow's butt out his window as I swerved around it!

I'm not a "I love my car like my wife/kids/pets" kinda guy, but I kissed the hood of my old BMW when we reached the bottom of the mountain!

mikey_the_rat

PS
Other members of the band traveling behind us stopped and let the people know their cows were everywhere. No cows got harmed that night, but one came really, really close (and it would have been really bad for us, too).

[Midlodemocrat]

51. I called twice.

Once, I was 18 months pregnant, (not really) and I woke up to the sound of breaking glass downstairs. I grabbed my sleeping daughter and put her in my bed and went and listened. I *thought* I heard someone walking on the glass and thought that a deer had become disoriented and crashed through the patio doors.

Turns out, that the glass front of my oven had exploded. :wow: Apparently there was a defect in the frame that constricted during radiational cooling.


The second time I called, it was to report that my FIL was dead in his bed.

[Left Is Write]

52. I called 911 when my daughter's father was threatening suicide.

[EstimatedProphet]

53. Yes, for what turned out to be a gall bladder attack

At the time it seemed like a stomach ulcer to the doctors. Had to take an ambulance to the hospital on a Sunday morning. I really don't remember much, because it was some 15 years ago.

Also, we had to get the Prophetess to the ER once after her back surgery. Ambulance ride for that too.

[spinbaby]

54. I called for cows in the road once

Was driving along when...whoa...there's a herd of cows loitering in the roadway. I worried that someone would come over the hill too fast and hit one.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

55. I saw a guy crash his motorcycle

called 911... but really all I did was stay with him while he died...

[dropkickpa]

56. Tons of times

But I only wish I had a cow story like yours!!

Many times for man beating wife/girlfriend type shit I witnessed out and about, 3 times after armed robberies, once for a guy who got his hand run over (very drunk bum), twice on my ex for his extreme assholishness, once for a drunk driver who plowed into 4 parked cars in front of my house at 3am and tried to drive away. Once for a kid who fell off a slide and was knocked unconscious.

Once for a woman living in the group home (for those with mental retardation) next to my moms because she had an extremely high fever and was seizuring and sick as a dog; the monitors were NOWHERE to be found, and the weren't reachable by phone, the assholes. The paramedics really ripped them a new one when they finally showed up.

Once for a fire a few doors down from my place, once for a friend who had a grand mal seizure and fell down the steps.

Several times on shoplifters I caught, 3 times for flashers both at work and just walking down the street, once for a woman who passed out in the store.

Damn, I've called 911 a LOT!

[1gobluedem]

57. Just once

I was driving to work and an elderly man was walking around in rush hour traffic obviously disoriented and confused. Luckily it was right near the sheriff's department and a hospital so it was handled pretty quickly.

[TZ]

58. Several times but the most notable was

when I heard someone trying to break into our house ( I was I think 15 or 16 at the time). Woke up my two sisters got them into my mom's bedroom and she called 911 while we huddled in terror.
Fortunately the same sound that woke me up (bicycles crashing in the garage) scared the intruders off but it took the police 20 FUCKING MINUTES to get there..That was the looongest 20 minutes of my life....:scared:

[Mad_Dem_X]

59. Only once. My neighbors were fighting.

I lived alone in an apartment, and my next-door neighbors were a young couple. One night, I was lying in bed trying to sleep, and I heard them arguing. They were always arguing, but it was different this time - I heard her yell, "Get off me! Get off me!" I jumped from my bed and debated whether or not to call 911. Then, she SCREAMED - I ran to the phone and called the cops. They showed up, talked to the people, and left. I watched the whole thing from my bathroom window. No more fights after that; they moved out shortly after. But I was scared shitless that night, thinking he was killing her.

[skygazer]

60. I'm wondering why you didn't call your neighbors

Maybe I missed something - I didn't read all the posts but I did see you have neighbors with cows. Why not call them and tell them one of their cows was on your porch?

At any rate, I had to call 911 when I saw an accident happen on the road by our farm (you see why my sympathies lie with the cow :) ) - we were all sitting around on the porch idly watching traffic go by on the main road across the field when a car came screaming along, lost control, flipped and ended up in the ditch.

Being a small town, we knew whose car it was.

So I called 911 (actually, we didn't have 911 - I called the county dispach) and told them Mrs. S_____ had just gone off the road into the ditch upside down.

But the cows stayed put. :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

65. The stable owner doesn't live on the property...

so when I say "neighbors" I mean neighboring property.

And the stable owner's son is a deputy, so dispatch can get in touch with him immediately, vs me trying to find his number in the phonebook.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

61. maddy where on earth do you live?

[Maddy McCall]

63. Rural Mississippi.

My property borders a show horse stable, and the stable owner has a few cows.

Cow came back last night, and stood by my car for a little while before meandering off again. I'm hoping she found the hole in the fence and went home.

She was nowhere to be seen when I woke up this AM.

:)

[Kali]

72. watch out they love weather stripping and any other plastic - like windshield wipers

or coated antennas. Also they love to lick and slobber on mirrors and windows.

[SPKrazy]

62. Some psycho outside the gym

who was spoiling for a fight. I was talking to a friend and he came along and started screaming "b*tch what you looking at* (he was talking to himself and tore his shirt off at that moment) I stood there and said something to him and she walked off to her car and then he started screaming at me and well, I'm 45, he was easily 25 or so and well, bigger than me, and obviously off his rocker or on drugs of some kind. So I pulled out my cell and dialed 911 as he walked towards me and he saw me do that and backed off and went walking around the gym towards the hospital ER that it is near. I told the dispatcher about the situation, then I called the hospital's security about him too. I waited for like an hour and finally went looking to see if I could see where the guy ended up and didn't see him. The police came and I told them about him and they went looking for him.

Not a big deal, but the only time I've called 911.

:shrug:

edit:

a FUCKING COW ON THE PORCH! HOLY SHIT! HOLY COW SHIT!

no cows on my porch thank goodness.

:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

64. I was once walking down a side street in Portland and saw a man

climbing through a first-story window of a house.

The 911 operator seemed bored and uninterested. I moved on, so I don't know if the cops ever showed up.

[Kali]

67. Lots of times - but I'm usually on the other end of your call.

Great story by the way, but a little close to home. One of our neighbors is a guest ranch. They don't have cows, or know anything about them, but when a few of ours got in over there a couple years ago, they decided they liked the western look and never called us. Then the cattle started getting more and more acclimated to people and all the activity over there and started hanging around the buildings, doing cow stuff like shitting and eating the nice flowers someone planted for them. Intimidating the guests and generally doing the same stuff that wildlife does when stupid morans start feeding them too.

Now it has become a nightmare keeping those animals from going over there whenever they feel like it. Doesn't help that the idiots can't build fence or even if they did, close a gate. Arizona is an open range/fence out state - it is legally the job of property owners to fence out unwanted livestock. I try to be a good neighbor and do WAY more than my share on our mutual fence, but when these animals have been fed good stuff over there (flowers and horse hay) they prefer that to the old dry brown grass they are supposed to be living off of on my side. It is a problem.

I have called 911 lots of times, my drunk idiot sister set two trailers on fire in the space of 5 years, her various drunk pimps have caused trouble, we have had one incident of illegals coming and stealing a vehicle and supposedly beating up a guy that was staying with us (this was so unusual and he was a bit "off" mentally that that story gets this footnote when we tell it.)

I called when my youngest son was bit by a rattlesnake at 18 months. And then again when the same kid fractured his skull at 14 (to get an escort for the ride in - I wasn't waiting for a stinking ambulance to get out here). Probably a few more times - I use that number when we have livestock out on the interstate too, because I never seem to have the right number for dispatch on my phone (this is after THEY call me and I go out to investigate/move them off) That always feels like an emergency to me, although idiots who drive by clearly don't know that they will likely die if they hit a panicked bovine at 75 mph. Also I call if there is a fresh wreck on the interstate or some other emergency-looking situation. Once called because of a lazy-boy recliner just sitting on the interstate right before rush-hour in Tucson.

I'm sure other instances will come to me after I hit "post".

[KitchenWitch]

68. Kind of reminds me of a story that Garrison Keillor tells about a practical joke

I cannot do it justice but suffice to say the joke was that a cow was led to the upstairs master bedroom in a farmhouse. Garrison Keillor's delivery had me laughing so hard (I was driving and listening to Prairie Home Companion) that I had to pull over to the side.

[Felix Mala]

69. Telephone pole was on fire...

I was worried it might fall over onto women's shelter or disrupt their electricity.


I also reported a head-on crash where a silly driver swerved into the path of an elderly woman because of a spider. She ended up killing the elderly woman instantly.

[Coyote_Bandit]

70. Just a few days ago

Some asshat had dumped buckets full of nails and bolts in a busy city street.

Still need to take the car in the make sure nothing is embedded in my tires.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

75. Thanks for the laugh!!! My neighbor's house caught fire years ago...

My older boy was just a few weeks old. He woke in the middle of the night, needing a change. When I went into the bathroom to wash my hands, I noticed an eerie glow through the windowshade. I pulled it up and saw this huge flame ripping up the side of our next-door neighbor's house. I called 911 right away while Mr GoG went over and banged on the door. He couldn't get inside, because the door was locked. The woman who lived there was in her 80s. Fortunately, the fire rescue workers were able to get her out before she'd inhaled too much smoke.

I tell my son that he was inadvertantly a hero that night. If he hadn't cried, I probably wouldn't have seen the fire. Our house might have caught, too...

[mulsh]

76. called to report deaths

a couple of years ago I found my closest friend curled up dead on his living room couch. Called 911 to get to the coroner since I didn't want to stay in his apartment any longer than needed. He had just completed chemotherapy but he has severe heart problems. so this wasn't much of surprise.

When I was a teen ager a couple of guys I knew made a sawed off shot gun one afternoon and had a blast shooting out street lights. They ended up at a party at my girlfriend's house. one of them had stashed the gun down his drawstring pants leg. the other one decided he wanted it, started trying to pull it out. they had removed the trigger guard for some reason. it didn't take too long for the back of this guys head to get blown to pieces. very messy and freightening. I saw the whole thing from about 6 feet away and ran into the rumpus room and called 911.

[ceile]

77. I seem to end up with neighbors that fight/get beat up.

The guy upstairs at one apt got his face bashed in by burglers (had to have reconstructive surgery)-called on that one.
Then in another apt. the guy upstaris liked to beat on his girlfriend.

Ahhhh, the eastside in Austin. Don't miss it a bit.

[GOPisEvil]

78. I had to call for huskerlaw.

She was in great pain, and I didn't know where the nearest hospital to North Hollywood was. So, I called 911. An ambulance showed up lickety split. She lived! :D

[BarenakedLady]

79. Three times

Once at work when a car jumped the curb and crashed in front of our building. Twice when the ex-wife of my then boyfriend broke down my apartment door to harm me.

[CraftyGal]

80. I can't count he many times that I have called 911...

I live in a really rough part of town. I have had to call because of people getting beaten up, vulnerable drunks that are un-conscience, when I was at work and a guy on crack tried to shoplift in the store and the list goes on....

Crafty

[TheCentepedeShoes]

81. Hubby did for himself

a couple of years ago. Perforated ulcer. He'd been having some pain for awhile and then, BOOM! hit him while unloading groceries from the car. He called 911, then called me and I left right away with a co-worker driving me home. We don't live very far fron work, but the wagon was there already. They took him to the VA and into surgery. All is well.

[cwydro]

82. My house was on fire.

Really sucked.

[SPKrazy]

90. yeah, no shit!

how ya doin' cwydro?

:hi:

[cwydro]

92. much better thanks.

The hurricane is causing me a little anxiety...though supposedly it isn't coming our way.

[SPKrazy]

93. yeah looks to go south

on the models

:pals:

[femmocrat]

83. Yes, to report my neighbor's garage was on fire.

I got up during the night and saw a strange glow ... so I called. But it had already been reported. It was pretty darn exciting when all the firetrucks arrived.

[Wapsie B]

84. Yes, but not for something as out of the ordinary as a cow on the porch.

It was for a hit and run. Some asshole sideswiped my car and took off. He was driving like he was on one of those police video shows.

[Fire Walk With Me]

86. Bush calls "9/11" all of the time. For power.

Sorry, don't mean to be a buzzkill. Cheap paraphrases are in my contract.

[jobycom]

87. I might have to call now, I'm laughing so damn hard!!

I miss Mississippi!

I've called many times, especially when I worked nights at a hotel. But none of those stories come close to yours! :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

88. Two-car collision in front of my workplace a few years ago.

Only another co-worker and myself were there at the time, and the crash from the collision was loud as hell.

One of the passengers, a kid who looked about 16-18, looked pretty banged up to say the least, so I used my cell phone to call 911. Some of the other kids involved were doing the same and couldn't get anybody on the line.

I was put on hold (!) for seven minutes -- someone can easily die in seven minutes in this situation. By the time I finally got through, an ambulance had arrived, but I was still pissed that an *emergency* number in a major metropolitan city (Los Angeles) put me on hold for seven whole minutes.

I don't know what happened to the kid, but I hope he survived.

[opiate69]

89. 3 times..

1. I was workign graveyard at a gas station in Colchester, Ct. About 2:30 am some guy comes in, obviously very drunk.. he asked me about using the bathroom, and I told him it was outside, around the corner of the building.. he started to turn around and just dropped like a sack of potatoes.. I grab the phone and call 911..now, I've got one drunk passed out guy on the floor, so I'm figuring they'll send one cop car, and one ambulance.. maybe a second cop car.. within 5 minutes, my entire lot is full of emergency vehicles.. at least 7 or 8 cop cars, fire, etc.. the paramedics wake the guy up and make sure he's ok, and then the cops took over.. picked him up, threw him against the window and cuffed him.. turns out, he had been walking up Route 2 busting out windows in all the businesses on his way to my station..

2. Girlfriend and I lived in a little trailer by McChord AFB. One morning about 5 am, we both wake up to a trailer full of smoke.. call 911 and the fire dept comes out.. turned out our heater had a clogged filter and overheated and started to burn the filter.. they opened all the doors, set up massive fans and blew all the smoke out. We replaced the filter and never had another problem.

3. Different girlfriend and I lived in a second floor apartment.. one sunday afternoon, I start noticing it's getting a little smoky outside our back deck.. after a few minutes, we realize that our apartment is beginning to get smoky.. so I get up, grab the phone and dial 911 as I'm heading to the front door.. I open the door and see some neighbors at the bottom of the stairs also on their phones talking with 911, so I hang up after just one ring.. 15 seconds later, my phone rings.. it was 911 calling me back "someone just dialed 911 from this number.." So I tell them yeah, I did, but I saw that it was taken care of so no problem.. anyway, turns out the downstairs neighbor had put some chicken in a pot to boil, then left to run some errands.. the water had boiled off and the carcass started to burn.. our apartment smelled nasty for a few days, but no one was hurt or anything.

[Drunken Irishman]

91. Twice, both were serious.

Not to say your story isn't serious, but serious as in tone.

The first was when a baby started having a seizure at the neighbor's house and stopped breathing. They were on the phone with 911, but something happened and their phone stopped working. They ran over to my house and I called 911 back for them.

The second was when I was at a BYU-Utah football game. Utah had just won and we were celebrating when one of my friend's girlfriend slipped and tumbled down the stadium benches. She got stuck between the concrete and the bench and it didn't look good at all. I quickly called 911 and they patched me through to stadium security. She was ok, just very sore the next day and couldn't remember anything. Not even Utah's win. :(

[Minimus]

94. Our dog bit off my husband's finger tip.

One of our JRTs does not play well with others. She absolutely hates her little sister.

My husband was trying to break up a fight and stuck his hand in between the two dogs. Big mistake! The tip of his ring finger (to the knuckle) was hanging by a piece of skin.

I freaked out so there was no way I could drive him to the ER - I called 911.

The hand surgeon sewed his finger back on. The bone was crushed so he had a pin in it going straight down from the tip. With the rod sticking out of his finger and the stitches it looked like Frankenfinger.

We still have the dog. She is very sweet to humans. We just keep her separated from other dogs.

[asthmaticeog]

95. More than once. For shots fired, every time.

That's no fun. And it usually happens right when you're wanting to leave the house. x(

It's been a good long while since it's happened though, so knock on wood and all that...

[GirlinContempt]

96. Someone was trying to break in to my house while I was home.

That was the most recent time, anyway. The dispatcher seemed to think I was hallucinating, but the cops showed up right fast. Seems someone down the block had their door kicked in not 1/2 hour earlier.

I wish, though, when it's dark, and you're home alone, and freaked out because someone is trying to break in, the cops would use the doorbell and not pound on the door. Because, for serious, it's scary. I think if I was going to break in to someones house while they were home, I'd use the doorbell, just because fewer people would expect it. The element of surprise :P