re: #241 ObserverArt

Is that an early season derecho…sure looks like it from that formation?

We just had a sudden storm blow through Edinburgh here in Scotland. I was at the tram stop opposite where I live a few hours ago when a particularly strong gust hit and knocked an older lady off the platform and on to the tram tracks below. They called an ambulance and the tram services were disrupted for an hour or so while they took care of her.

This being Evull Socialist Scotland she won’t be charged for the ambulance, the emergency care or any hospitalisation stay resulting from her injuries, neither will she be expected to pay for any drugs prescribed for her. In this sort of a case involving physical trauma to an elderly person it’s likely she’ll get followup home visit nursing care at no cost to her once she’s discharged. If she has to go to the ER or hospital for followup care transport will be provided at no cost to her if she can’t make it there by her own efforts. Sucks, doesn’t it?