I wasn't paying attention in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Laura, but it seems that 39 kidnapped or endangered children have been found in Georgia.
How was this not the biggest story reported in the US? What is the national media doing that this story isn't being covered wall-to-wall?
The problem is that it doesn't reflect unfavorably on President Trump. And that is the mission of the national media. Anything else, including child trafficking, is third page material.
If you are ever in a natural disaster, whether it be tornado, hurricane, wildfire, whatever, there are a couple of things you need to know.
Help is coming. But, it's three days out. You need to have whatever you need in a three day supply.. Whether it's gasoline, or food, or tobacco, or whatever. Three days.
This is not your wife's fault, or your kids. Their world is upended and you are supposed to be the adult. Act like it.
A plan is essential, ever if you intend to hunker down and ride it out.
Your vehicle is probably your greatest asset. It has air conditioning, a radio, and is able to charge mobile devices. In extreme heat and humidity, an hour sitting in the car with the A/C is priceless.
Don't forget your pets. They're hot and uncomfortable too. We'd put Beau (our little dog) in the back of the SUV wen we'd sit in there to cool off. He loved it. He'd sleep for an hour. He was comfortable and with his people, and that's all a pet wants anyway.
Check on our neighbors. They may need something that you have. I do more loaning, or giving, during emergencies than any other time. That is what we're put here for, to help other people.
But, remember: You are on your own for three days.
Back in my single days, I dated a vicious bitch named Laura. A hot redhead that lured men to destruction. I had the good sense to leave her alone.
Belle and I laid down on Wednesday, August 26th, expecting a hurricane.
We were woken rudely at 4:30 am on Thursday, August 27th, when my CPAP machine quit working. The electricity was off. We got the day started by looking outside at the howling wind. At daylight, we had a lull, and I got out the Coleman stove and set it up in the garage. Belle will have coffee every morning, come hell, high water, or hurricanes.
Laura came onshore near Cameron, LA as a Category 4 hurricane, the worst to hit Louisiana inn 150 years. She cut a swath of destruction across the western parishes of Louisiana I have heard nothing from Cameron parish, which is little more than swamp land. Yeah, folks live there, but they are very resilient ad self-sufficient. The storm hit Lake Charles barely diminished. I have heard estimates that about 80% of the structures in Lake Charles sustained major damage.
The storm moved into Allen , Beauregard, Vernon parishes at a strong Category 2 hurricane. That is unheard of. I heard from the lady who speaks for the Beauregard Elliptical Co-op.. They have 40, 000 electric meters in the parish and none of them were operating. Transmission and distribution lines are down. Rebuilding will be a multi-week event.
Rapides parish, my home, fared little better. We were basically thrown back into the late 1800s. But, as soon as the wind quit howling, you could hear the generators crank up. With no electricity and temps in the high 90s with 100% humidity, life got miserable very quickly. However, your car has A/C and is able to charge mobile devices.
Our electrical company, CLECO, undertook a Herculean task of rebuilding thousands of miles of electrical service lines. They called in crews from adjacent states and got to work doing hard, dangerous work. in challenging conditions. Communities pulled together, clearing roads, cutting downed trees, and helping neighbors.
I'm fortunate. We sustained very little damage (a fence is down). And we were without power for only 39 hours. Our lights came on at 9:00 pm, Friday, August 28th. Power is slowly being restored across the parish, but for some folks, this will be a multi-week event.
All the family is safe, and everyone has electric power to their homes. A lot of Louisiana is hurting right now. This has been a total disaster for lots of people. I heard an estimate on the radio that places the damage at between five and nine billion dollars. I fear that's low. Many of us who got lucky sustained damage that no one will never know about.
I have internet service for the time being. We'll see how long that lasts. Life gets a little bit more normal every hour.
Democrats’ Unprecedented Embrace of Gun Control
The party is betting that support for restrictions is more likely to attract moderate voters than turn them off.
But, on the other hand.
Nearly 5 million Americans purchased a firearm for the very first time in 2020. NSSF surveyed firearm retailers which reported that 40 percent of sales were conducted to purchasers who have never previously owned a firearm.
Gun sales are booming, at an all-time high. And, a sizable number of those sales are to people who have never previously purchased a firearm.
The American people are looking for security right now. The Democrats would do well to shut up about any type of gun control. But, if they think it's a winning message, they should go for it.
Everyone is focused on Hurricane Laura, a major storm in the Gulf.
She's expected to make landfall around midnight tonight
I'll spend the day in storm prep, putting things away. I don't expect any major problems, simply because we'll be prepared for major problems. It's not like we've never seen a hurricane before and I'm far enough inland that it should be significantly weaker by the time it gets to us.
This will be the first storm since I've retired. This one will be different, because I worked through Rita and Ike and Gustav. This time I'll be home.
Tropical Storm Marcos, thankfully, fizzled yesterday. It got caught in some wind shear and fell apart. It's dumping rain on Mississippi and the Florida panhandle, but its threat as a storm is pretty much over.
Not so with Hurricane Laura. Everyone remembers the 2005 hurricane season with the twin disasters of Katrina and Rita. Everyone focuses on Katrina because of the damage it did in New Orleans, but in terms of intensity, Rita was the bigger storm. She came ashore along the Louisiana/Texas border and wreaked devastation in her path.
Laura is following that same path. Below is the National Hurricane Center's 5-day map of wind speed probabilities.
This map will change over the next several days, but it looks like this storm, if she intensifies, will cut pretty much the same path that Rita cut back in 2005. We;ll have to keep a weather eye on her for the next several days.
After we caught that raccoon last week, we thought that maybe we had solved the problem. Not so mun. We started noticing more evidence of another thief, so I set up the game camera. Sure enough
That 'coon seems to have startled the cat. So, the question becomes; Is that the same coon as last week. I don't think so, for a couple or reasons. First, I hauled last week's varmint eight (8) miles from the house in a straight line distance. I doubt last weeks 'coon has found its way back here. Seconnd, it would take an extremely retarded raccoon to fall for the same trick twice.
I'll haul this one off to reunite the family. Hopefully, we've seen the end of our varmint infestation, but I"ll keep the camera set up for another couple of days, just to track the transients.
You see, that's the problem with hurricanes. We're not really sure where they are going, until scant hours before they get here. Oh, the weather-weenies do the best they can, but weather is an inexact science.
For example, here is the weather map I saw when I got up this morning at daylight.
Then, here is a graphic that our state rep put out just a few minutes ago.
The difference in those two tracks is that one of them is a near-miss for my area, the other one takes the storm right over my house. It's a huge difference and we really don't know yet. They're pretty sure that it's coming ashore at about noon today, but after that, it's a crap shoot.
We're watching the twin storms, Laura and Marcos, and the tacks are beginning to firm up. According to the National Hurricane Center, Marcos is expected to get here first, with landfall on Monday
Just about the time the wind stops blowing, we have to set up for Laura, which is expected here on Thursday.
This is going to be an interesting week.
Grandson Quinton is a member of the 139th Regional Support Group, LANG. He just got a call from his boss, ordering him to saddle up and report for a possible activation. He's dropping stuff in the duffel bag right now, and will report about noon.
Shit's fixing to get real around here.
We're watching these two storms, Laura and Marcos, and it appears that they will get here nearly simultaneously. The interesting thing is that they are coming o so closely in time. Right now, it looks like one Tuesday, one Wednesday. And their cones overlap in interesting ways.
That blue dot in the middle of the screen is my house. Yeah, this might get real interesting real quick. 2020 ain't working out like I would have liked.
Drinking coffee at sunrise, I checked the National Hurricane Center to see what the storms are doing. Both Laura and Marcos are now considered named storms, and predictably, their tracks have changed, each slightly to the west. They will change again as they get closer to the US, and we'll start to have a better idea by tomorrow afternoon. Keeping an eye on these two are a good idea.
The club will be conducting the Monthly Match this morning, and I'll be doing prep work in another hour.
Shooting with friends is a great way to begin the weekend, and I really look forward to our monthly matches.
It seems that an election in New Jersey has been invalidated by a Superior Court judge, who ordered a do-over.
On Wednesday, State Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela ruled that the election for a Paterson City Council seat had been irreversibly tainted. A new election has been ordered to take place in November.
Democrats and the liberal media (but I repeat myself) tell us that voter fraud is a myth. I have seen it, in person, and I have worked to make convictions. It is my express opinion that people found guilty of tainting an election should be summarily taken out and shot on the front lawn of the courthouse. Elections are too important for such chicanery, and the perpetrators should be executed immediately as a subject lesson to the general population.
The boys asked for it, so I made a pot. Quick, filling, stick-to-your-ribs. Total cooking time, about 40 minutes.
Pore Man's Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
2 lb good ground beef.
1 bag frozen seasoning blend (onion, bell pepper, celery_
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
2 cans evaporated milk
1 can original Rotel
1 bag egg noodles.
Cook it
In a large dutch oven, brown your ground beef, when the beef is almost done, drop in the frozen seasoning blend and saute with the meat. Drain beef mixture if necessary. I generally use 90/10 beef and don't need to drain. Add the other canned goods. Simmer on very low while your noodles cook.
In a separate pot, boil your noodles. When the noodles are done, drain and add them to the beef mixture. Stir it all together and call the crowd.
We're not under a hurricane watch yet, but the Weather-weenies are glued to the two storms working their way through the Caribbean.
At this point, it's too early to know exactly where they are going to landfall, or even at which strength. No reason to panic, but plenty of reason to have a plan. My firm bet, at this point, is that we'll probably get a little rain ext week.
It seems that Goodyear Tire has gotten Woke, telling employees that they can war a BLM logo, but MAGA hats are forbidden.
On Tuesday, a Goodyear Tire employee leaked a diversity training graphic claiming that “Black Lives Matter” and “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride” (LGBT Pride) slogans are acceptable while “Blue Lives Matter,” “All Lives Matter,” “MAGA Attire,” and “Political Affiliated Slogans or Material” are unacceptable. Conservatives condemned the double standard, and President Donald Trump called for a boycott. Goodyear responded by disavowing the graphic but doubling down on the hypocrisy, claiming that asking employees to refrain from making political statements is entirely different from allowing “forms of advocacy” involving “racial justice and equity issues.”
Of course, President Trump jumped into the fray, and the media was asking inane questions about it yesterday.
When I was buying tires for the state o Louisiana, the Goodyear Eagle was the standard tire for police cars. Goodyear had a contract with the state to provide speed-rated tires The standard at that time was the P255/65R15 and Goodyear would sell them to state agencies for $25.00 apiece. Mounting and balancing were another $10, so I could buy a whole set for $140. It was a great deal on a great tire, and I bought hundreds of sets during my decade as a fleet manager.
If Goodyear believes that BLM< Inc is not a political organization, they are sorely mistaken. BLM is an organization with stated political goals, many of which are radial, leftist goals unsuited to a free society. It would be one thing if Goodyear had a policy disavowing all political satements on the shop floor, but it appears that they have chosen sides.
And, they may well learn the meaning of that other political phrase": Get Woke, Go Broke.
Over the past several days, Belle and I noticed that a varmint was paying us a night-time visit. Things would be re-arranged on the patio, and we were going through a lot of cat food. A lot more cat food than our single feline could use. So, I set a trap.
Lookee what I found on the patio this morning.
This one is mightily upset. His dignity has been heartily offended. But, how many raccoons can say that they've taken a ride in a pickup truck? This morning after coffee, I drove him to an undisclosed location and offered him a second chance. When I opened the gate, he didn't hang around long enough to bid me farewell.
This is the second raccoon that Belle and I have had to deal with. The first one was so big that the cage was filled completely with 'coon. This one weighed about five pounds. I suspect that he is a yearling.
Some husbands buy flowers, but Belle loves revolvers in .32 caliber.
Yesterday, cruising around my Merchant of Death (tm), I happened to see a little Smith and Wesson Model 30,-1 in .32 SW Long. The Smith and Wesson Model 30 was produced from 1903 until 1976. I have not yet been able to nail down a birth date for this particular little revolver, but the warranty card inside the box is dated April, 1953. I know that the I-frame Model 30 was discontunued aat some point in favor of the J-frame Model 30-1, but I also know that they overlapped for a while. At this point, 1953 is a pretty good bet, which makes this revolver 67 years old.
Looks nice, doesn't it? Here's a shot of the model number, under the crane.
She hasn't seen it yet. I bet she will be pleased.
Yesterday, a federal judge in New Orleans declined to get involved in the Covid restrictions in Louisiana. His decision stemmed from a suit brought by several bar owners who claimed that the Governor's restrictions were unconstitutional.
The Governor, of course, is taking a victory lap. From his Facebook page:
Today, Judge Martin L.C. Feldman in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana upheld restrictions on bars in the state as part of its efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana. The restriction is one of the critical mitigation measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana to protect and save lives
He's pleased as punch. The legislature gave him the authority to enact emergency measures, and by-God, he's enacting them. And, the federal court said, basically, in layman's terms, that these decisions are best left to elected officials who were democratically empowered, and were accountable to the people. I understand the judges reasoning.
It galls me that the Governor has the power, but the legislature gave it to him. I have no doubt that Governor Edwards thinks he is doing the right thing. That a federal judge agreed with him makes it no less galling, and no less a restriction on freedom in Louisiana.
I wandered in to my local gun shop today. It's a local guy who loves guns, and he really tries to support the community.
"What't'cha looking for today?" He asks.
"9mm Luger, if you have it."
"Yeah, " he replies. "I've got a couple of boxes of Blazer Brass, but I have to charge and arm and a leg for it."
I checked the price. A lot less than scalping prices, indeed, under 50 cents a pop. I bought a box, just because. He's my local dealer, and I'd rather give my money to him than give it to the big box stores (which are currently out of handgun ammo).
He always has neat stuff in there. Today, it was a Smith and Wesson Model 30, produced in 1953. It appeared to be new-old-stock, with the box, papers, and cleaning rod. I was sorely tempted. I told another .32 junkie about it, and I may regret doing so.
Support your local gun shop.
In 1975 I picked up the first pistol that someone had the audacity to hand me. It was a Remington Rand 1911A1, and it was handed to me by an armorer at the Armor School at Fort Knox. One day of training in a classroom, and one day of shooting on a range, and I was smitten. It became a life-long love affair with handguns of all types. 1911s would come and go, based on the whims and needs of the Army, but I retained the training that they gave me back in those heady days.
It seems that there was this little doo-hickey on the left side of the slide. It conveniently locked the slide back when the pistol was out of ammo. The Army called it a slide stop, and the instructors were quite adamant that it was never to be used to release the slide. To use it to release the slide would cause untold damage to the firearm, resulting in unauthorized damage to the weapon, rendering it un-usable and requiring costly maintenance. They were quite explicit on that score.
Once the slide stop engaged, the proper method of reloading the pistol was to eject the magazine, then slingshot the slide home. That's the way I was trained, and it was ingrained into my handgun DNA.
Fast forward to last week. My grandson and I were out shooting, and when he changed magazines, he reached for that little doo-hickey, thumbed it down, and the slide went home.
"Who taught you that?" I asked.
"The Army." Grandson is a school-trained small-arms repairman, MOS 91F, recently returned from that school at Fort Lee, VA. Evidently, there has been a change in the curriculum.
Being the inquisitive type that I am, I did some Googling, and evidently there is a huge debate on how to use that little doo-hickey on the side of the slide. It's a huge debate that seems to me to be a tempest in a tea pot. Oh, the spittle is flying on both sides of the issue. And, the ignorance is entertaining.
For myself, I'll continue to slingshot the slide. It's the way I was trained. I suspect that grandson will continue to thumb the doo-hickey. It's the way he was trained.
What go you get when you start with five pounds of good ground beef, then add onion,, bell pepper, salt, pepper, bread crumbs, tomato paste, a pound of bacon, and almost a pound of shredded cheese?
Bacon-wrapped, stuffed meatloaf.
About two hours in a 350 oven, or about three hours in a warm smoker, and it comes out about the same.
I suspect that the boys will be eating meatloaf sandwiches before the night is over.
Poking around in the freezer, I found some catish that I needed to cook before it freezer-burned. So, I got out the corn meal, and started heating some oil. I prevailed upon Belle to make some hush puppy batter and found a bag of fries in that same freezer.
Fried catfish, hush puppies and french fries. Not a bad way to start Saturday. Now, I'll be in the air conditioning while the temps climb into the high 90s later today.
Clicking around with my coffee, I find this bit of good news for the 2A crowd. It seems that the 9th Circuit has declared California's prohibition on standard magazines to be unconstitutional.
California deemed that the use or sale of magazines with a higher capacity than ten bullets (LCMs) are illegal. Voters passed the measure. The three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit Court ruled that the limitation is unconstitutional.
Evidently, President Trump's appointment of judges is starting to take some effect. The Court opined:
…nor do we speculate about the legitimacy of bans on magazines holding far larger quantities of ammunition. Instead, we only address California’s ban on LCMs as it appears before us. We understand the purpose in passing this law. But even the laudable goal of reducing gun violence must comply with the Constitution. California’s near-categorical ban of LCMs infringes on the fundamental right to self-defense. It criminalizes the possession of half of all magazines in America today. It makes unlawful magazines that are commonly used in handguns by law- abiding citizens for self-defense. And it substantially burdens the core right of self-defense guaranteed to the people under the Second Amendment. It cannot stand.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
The heat is brutal in Louisiana during August and this August seems to be setting itself to maintain the status quo. Yet, life goes on in the Covid era.
PawPaw plans his days to get it done before noon. Before the heat starts reaching toward triple digits. This afternoon, for example, is predicted to be 98F with 90% humidity. The heat index is going to 106 in the shade. And, there is always that chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. With this heat and humidity, it makes sense that the air mass gets unstable ate in the afternoon, and thunder-bumpers spring up randomly. Belle and I sat on the porch yesterday and watched them all around us. We didn't get any rain, but those nearby us did.
Politics seems to be the driving conversation this week. Either Biden/Harris or Covid. One topic is as bad as the other, simply because they both smack of piss-poor government over-reach. I'm ot one of those who ignores the government warnings, but I am one of those who believes that in many locales the petty tyrants have come to enjoy unchecked power.
I am watching the saga of Firehouse BBQ in Watson, LA. The owner of the restaurant was concerned about Covid among her employees and customers, and trying to do everything she could to minimize the health risks. However, several employees exhibited problems with the mask requirement, and she decided to make the masks optional for employees and customers. The health inspectors didn't like her stance, and puled her food permit. She continued to operate. A suit was filed and a district judge ordered her to close. She continued to operate.
In the latest news, a district judge has enjoined any government agency from harassing her until a hearing can be held next week. In an interview with Moon Griffon, the lady lays out her case for continued operation against the government protocols. She's trying to do the right thing for her customers and employees and she says that the support from her customers is overwhelming.
Now, I need to go turn on the A/C in the shop. I have some cooking to do before lunch time.
There is an article over at Reason magazine that talks about business during a pandemic.
It appears that government-imposed restrictions on travel, business, and social contact don't become more palatable with age. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to simmer, the one competency that officials have consistently displayed is in tightening the screws, using the licenses and permissions they require as enforcement tools. For people tired of being bossed around, the obvious response is to carry on without the government's imprimatur—and they're doing so in droves. It's an attitude likely to live on long after the crisis has passed.
Earlier this week, I talked about a Denham Springs restaurant who is doing business in direct violation of government orders to shut down. And business is booming.
Belle and I were talking about his the other day. Belle is an RN and understands why the health department has to inspect restaurants. I'm a libertarian, and don't want government involved in very many human decisions. So, there is a natural tension between the two belief systems.
Government at all levels is using the business license as a cudgel to enforce compliance.It's happening in Louisiana and it's happening in Texas, and I suspect that it is happening all over the US. But, government forgets that the last great prohibition spawned, in great degree, the rise of organized crime in the US.
That the rebellion among Texas taverns is alive and well is obvious from a desperate-sounding open letter issued last week by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC). "Recently we have spoken with business owners who tell us they don't intend to follow the orders," wrote A. Bentley Nettles, the commission's executive director. "When a business tells TABC it doesn't intend to follow these orders, you leave the agency with no option but to revoke your license and shut you down."
The regulators may pull the license, but whether the business shuts down is a matter of claim. It may simply go underground, like the speakeasys of the 1920s. It's one thing to tell people that they can't do something, it's another thing entirely whether they do it or not. Governing against human nature is always a bad idea.
Lest we forget, there was another group of Americans who penned these words in a document that celebrated our independence.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
Let reedom Ring.
So, there is this whole coronavirus thing, and there's this whole government thing, with a mask mandate and restrictions on occupancy. Then there is this thing called Freedom, and sometimes they collide. They are colliding inn Denham Springs, LA. Denbam Springs is a suburb of Baton Rouge and one restaurant owner has had enough.
It seems that the owner of Firehouse BBQ, a restaurant, is not abiding by the mask mandate, claiming that it has causeed health issues with her employees. She is running a "mask-optional" restaurant, and she is not turning away customers. And business is booming.
Well, our petty tyrant governor can't have people making their own decisions, so he pulled her license. And she kept operating anyway. Then, the governor had a district court judge issue a Temporary Restraining Order, forcing her to shut down, but the restaurant is too busy to close, and is still serving her delicious BBQ.
And business is booming. She claims she's too busy to shut down. It's a great story. It's part of the American tension between government and personal freedom. The business owner is in passive revolt. She is simply not complying. It's a story as American as apple pie. And I applaud her for it.
But, it leads to some interesting legal questions.
Belle and I do a big Sunday lunch, and we literally never know who will show up. Today was fairly standard. We cooked chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, white gravy, with Lima beans. We planned for about 10 people, but only six showed up at the meal Eventually, we ed another six folks. With two eighteen-year-old boys in the house we don't worry about leftovers. Very little gets thrown out.
Today we spent a great deal of time talking about concealed carry. Termite brought his wife and we sat around the table after lunch and talked about handguns and holsters and other accessories. It sounds like a cop-out, but I told her what I tell everyone. Find something that works for you. No husband should pick his wife's handgun. That decision is as personal as the type underwear you choose.If it works for you, use it. It may not work for anyone else. Same thing with holsters and the way you carry your gun. Inside waist band, outside waist band, appendix carry, strong side, whatever works for you and your individual body type.
The choice of revolver or pistol is, again, another individual choice. I know ladies who absolutely disdain semi-autos in favor of revolvers. I know other ladies who like semis. It's an individual choice, and it should be left to the individual. "Nuff said about that.
It was a great lunch, with good people, and now we're back i the house.
Normally, it's cool-weather fare, but I decided whatthehell. and made a big pot.
The boys didn't seem to mind. If you want my recipe, look under this link.
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“We have so many places in this world to put stickers and express our political views,” Chapman says. “Using a wild animal for that is cruel and inhuman. It’s not OK.”Inhumane? The bear is not a human, but he's a freedom loving animal, so he doesn't want to live in a world that the Democrats envision. And now, they're offering a reward for the culprit.
The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) told residents they should “be prepared” to hand over their phones, wallets, and purses to robbers.If tis sounds odd, or out of touch with common practice, recall that Minneapolis is going through a "defund the police" spasm, and the activities of the Minneapolis police department have been severely curtailed. As a result, violent crime is on the rise.
Police in the city’s Third Precinct alone have received more than 100 reports of robberies and 20 reports of carjackings in just the last month.The idea of complying with criminals is repulsive to me. While the Minneapolis PD may be doing what they have to do to try to keep the citizenry alive and unharmed, it is still repulsive to think that a citizen should be forced to cower in the face of violence. Rahter, I'd prefer that the criminals cower in the face of outraged citizens.
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Ouachita Parish Director of Homeland Security Neil Brown joins the growing list of parishes who are raising red flags about the way COVID-19 cases are being counted.
Earlier in the week, DeSoto Parish Sheriff Jayson Richardson and LaSalle Parish Sheriff/Head of Homeland Security Scott Franklin came forward with claims of inaccuracies due to over counting. Sheriff Franklin says the over counting sits at 40.6% in LaSalle Parish. He also mentioned two other parishes and the inaccuracies he claims they are dealing with due to over counting - Red River (40%) and Caldwell (47.73%).Ouachita joins a growing list of parishes who say that the covid numbers are inflated.
