Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Offlede is back, with an article

Cold weather
It got down to 20 degrees one night in Charleston. I covered the story, taking pics of any natural ice formations I saw. These droplets froze to blades of grass along the water in downtown Charleston.


Somehow, the domain name for this blog since its inception, offlede.com, expired without my knowledge, and my attempts to get it back have failed.

A few weeks ago, my mother was the first to inform me that the page was blank when she logged on. A few days after that, a new blog was occupying its space. This new "The Offlede" is all about gambling, and I don't really understand it.

I've placed bids on GoDaddy.com, the site's host, to swipe it back. But with $10, I purchased a "the" and got TheOfflede.com for the meantime.

Now, back to business.

These are some miscellaneous photos from my first few weeks in Charleston.


Louise Drive standoff
After a lengthy standoff in North Charleston, this kidnapping suspect walked out while talking on the phone. He was otherwise unarmed.

Louise Drive standoff
The standoff was rather ordinary until SWAT officers bound the suspect's hands and feet, and carried him off like a wooden plank.

Nunan Street fire
This large fire during my first week on the job burned three houses and damaged a few others in downtown Charleston, very close to the offices of The Post and Courier.

Nunan Street fire
I enjoyed capturing the sun's starburst effect as it gleamed through this man's house, which was destroyed in the fire. Some kid set the blaze. The key to achieving this effect is a closed aperture.

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This was the foggy scene above the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge after I took my daily jog over it one evening.


Quality disclaimer: The rest of these photos were snapped with my iPhone...


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I take a 5.5-mile route over this bridge most every day of the week. It's almost as though Charleston has a hill.

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The underside of the bridge, looking over Charleston Harbor.

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One of the few days I actually ran over the bridge during the daylight hours.

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Brunch one Sunday at Poogan's Porch: fried pork over collards in the foreground and in the background, an open-face omelet with oysters and bacon.

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The sunset over the bridge one evening.

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My car one weekend after I traveled north to see two beautiful girls in Charley West (Charleston, W.V.). First time it has seen snow!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

CofC

office
Mobile office.




Knapp Images
http://andrewknapp.photoshelter.com/gallery-slideshow/G0000_TyYvSxhBA8/?start=

Car plows into water; witnesses watch as man stabs passenger, police use deadly force, sheriff's officials say
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110907/NEWS01/102280001/Man-fatally-shot-after-Indian-River-crash-identified

Shots fired on Merritt Island, suspect taken
http://www.floridatoday.com/VideoNetwork/1229547994001/Shots-fired-on-Merritt-Island-suspect-taken?odyssey=mod|video||umbrella
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=A9&Dato=20111020&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=1020002&Ref=PH

Morning inferno: Three homes destroyed, none hurt in Nunan Street blaze
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20111229/PC1602/312299934

Repo man just doing his job when gunfire rang out in North Charleston
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120615/PC16/120619394

After Newtown, residents of Greenwood, killer’s mother relive school shooting
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20121220/PC16/121229917

Murder in the forest: A search for answers in the deaths of June Guerry and Dana Woods
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120909/PC16/120909187

North Charleston police, residents clash over crime-prevention tactics
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120722/PC16/120729769

Goose Creek apartment fire ‘like a nightmare’ for those affected
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120610/PC16/120619892/goose-creek-apartment-fire-like-a-nightmare-for-those-affected

Parkour on the bridge
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100515615783689&set=pb.5800128.-2207520000.1360726240&type=3&theater
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120521/PC16/120529818/two-would-be-bridge-climbers-rescued-arrested

Father, son went inside just before man was slain in North Charleston
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130201/PC16/130209958

Ridgeville killing ‘doesn’t make sense,’ family members say
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130206/PC16/130209560

Plane crash
http://www.floridatoday.com/VideoNetwork/1073801240001/Witness-describes-Palm-Bay-plane-crash

Strip club raid
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=148753