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Day 5 of April - Rioting in IV is back.

4/6/2014

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I didn't run yesterday because I was really tired and pretty sore from the previous day's double workout. 

I also managed to not work out today.  I can justify today's "laziness" in a different way.

I helped SB County's sheriff department run medical operations with my SAR team in Isla Vista where an event called Deltopia was taking place, on Del Playa street.

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We get TV in the Command Post so we all sat around and took a little break about 11 hours into our day that started at 10am. 

I am on a SAR team, by the way.  SAR = Search and Rescue, and we are unpaid volunteers.  We help because we can and we like doing it.  

This night was interesting though because it got a bit dangerous.

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At some point a person decided it was a good idea to bludgeon an officer in the head with a backpack full of liquor bottles, and OHHH it was not a good idea.

Riots, dubbed "Civil Unrest", almost immediately broke out.  Bottles were being thrown, "Hot Teargas" was being fired into crowds, rubber bullets were being used later.http://www.keyt.com/news/thousands-riot-in-the-streets-of-isla-vista/25345906


The crowds were throwing rocks and bottles and whistling and crowing.  Most were not from SB and were crazed.  We got stuck in the Command Post around 11pm  for a long time waiting for crowds to disperse and were then given the go-ahead to sneak out across campus.  Meanwhile law enforcement started to run low on "pepper balls" and hot tear gas.  I hope they've gotten out of there by now.  I found out hot tear gas means HOT when a "civil unrest-er" (rioter?) tossed the fired incendiary into a car window and the car started on fire.

I just got back from this melee, and didn't have time to put a run in, but wanted to update the blog to let everyone know I'm serious about my training and haven't forgotten about it:)

Tomorrow I was supposed to do a local mountain bike race but that's not happening anymore.   Maybe a light bike ride and a light run.

That's all for now,

- Brian

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