The Crazy Times are upon us.
We've had a huge crime wave here the past year. Many businesses in the village burglarized, home/garage burglaries, car break-ins, tons of fly-by-night "repair/contractor" scam operations, squatters moving into unoccupied homes, drug deals, and so on.
The main (and only) town in the County, our County seat, on the next island over, suffered the worst in April. A big chunk of the historic waterfront town was destroyed by arson. It took all the resources here and responding resources from the mainland that came over by boat to manage to save the town - the whole place was in danger of going up. It was the biggest fire I've ever responded to, and it is a horrible loss to the community:
https://komonews.com/news/local/crew...-friday-harbor
And then just this weekend, someone went crazy at the ferry landing at the next island over, nearly ran over several ferry deckhands, and almost got shot by a poor sheriff's deputy who was simply trying to commute home. This could have ended very poorly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ozw_N1YO1o