Usefull Service

In a previous post I mentioned that I subscribe to a service that lists crimes in the area of McNaughten Village.  This service is call Spot Crime, and can be found here: Spot Crime. Most major cities are covered.

Shooting at Truck

I subscribe to a service which collects police reports for our area.  No crime incidents have been inside McNaughten Village, for which we may all be thankful, but the latest serious crime took place on the corner.

Crime Report

From the report:  On listed date and time [11/8/2017 12:37:41 AM] at listed location [Livingston Ave & McNaughten Rd] unknown suspect(s) improperly discharged a firearm striking listed property [Ford F-250 Truck].  Listed victim [Seeright, Charles A; Male, White, 57] was inside listed property, but was not struck during the incident.  Detectives responded to listed location and processed the scene.

You can view the report for yourself at: City of Columbus Unofficial Web Report

Several other McNaughten Village residents and I have heard shots fired prior to this incident.  I judged it to be a .38 revolver because of the sound and cadence of the shots.  It seems our local firearms aficionado is no longer content to shoot into the air and has graduated to actual targets.

Remember to Vote!

Election day is Tuesday, November 7^th, 2017.

Polling Place

Our polling place and districts are:

Mcnaughten Pointe Care Center
1425 Yorkland Road
Columbus Oh 43232
Precinct: COLS 84-C
US Congressional District: 3
Senate District: 15
State Rep. District: 26

Please remember to exercise your Constitutionally recognized right to vote.

Fall Color

I was out and about the other day and decided to get a few pictures of the colorful trees on both sides of McNaughten Drive.

Standing Outside the Fence

Across the Street

On McNaughten

Looking North on McNaughten

Our Trees on McNaughten

Unusual Dark Red

Construction on the (presumed) storage units across the street continues at a steady pace.  I'm just glad they didn't bulldoze all the trees when they cleared the land.

Unusual Fall

We seem to be having an unusually temperate fall this year.  I didn't think we'd see much by way of fall colors, but this tree is quite pleasing.

While I miss the colorful trees from my old home in Sylvania, Ohio, I don't miss raking the leaves.  That's the best thing about life in a condominium; the second best thing is not mowing the grass.

Ransomware Warning

There's a particularly nasty piece of ransomware in the wild just now.  Bad Rabbit lures victims in by pretending to be a ubiquitous Adobe Flash installer.  It then encrypts your files and demands ransom to decrypt them.  A good friend of mine who works for Culver City, CA, told me that the Culver City accounting department got hit with ransomware a while back, and ended up spending five or six times the amount of ransom demanded to fix their computer system and network.

So back up your system and don't take candy from strangers.

Here are two articles that explain Bad Rabbit and what it does.


What Is Bad Rabbit? Ransomware Paralyzes Train Stations, Airports and Media in Russia and Europe

U.S. Warns of "Bad Rabbit" Ransomware That Hit Computers in Europe

Again, your best protection is backing up your system.

In other news...

Item 1 of 2

Since our refuse wasn't collected by the sanitation engineers, I emailed 311@Columbus.gov and asked them the obvious question. Here's my email and their the response:

My email:
10/21/17

My address is 1868 Misty Way, Columbus, OH.  My trash was scheduled to be collected on Friday, 10/20/17, but was never picked up.  My neighbors have not had their trash collected either.

What is our next collection date?


Response:
10/23/17

Hello, Mr. Emery,

Thank you for contacting the 311 Service Center.  We apologize for the inconvenience. On your behalf, we have created 311 Service Request number 1710230392, which has been assigned to the Division of Refuse. Please leave your container at your collection point to be serviced within the next 1-3 business days.

You are welcome to follow the progress of your request at our website at: 311 SR Status.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please email or contact us at 614-645-3111, Monday through Friday between 7:00am and 6:00pm.

Regards,

311 Service Center/mb

 Item 2 of 2

Today's HOA bored board meeting was canceled due to circumstances beyond anyone's control.  The meeting has been rescheduled for 11:00 AM 10/30/17.  Please make a note of it.