Comments | ds_northernnews: Top Story in the Wrigley Union Recorder- Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 by mickeymvt

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Top Story in the Wrigley Union Recorder- Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 by mickeymvt

Nov 14, 2007 19:15

Title: Top Story in the Wrigley Union Recorder-Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Author: mickeymvt
Prompt: Number 100 for dsnorthernews: Flooding closes Mackenzie winter road near Wrigley
Pairing: F/K; Vecchio/Stella
Rating: PG
Word Count: 677 words
Notes: Thanks tobluebrocade for a super-speedy and thorough beta ( Read more... )

Comments 39

akamine_chan November 16 2007, 04:40:59 UTC

This was a lot of fun! Fraser to the rescue and RayK straggling behind trying to watch his back. Poor Ray. And I loved RayV and Stella in Florida. That was one of those little details that add realism to a story. Great stuff!

And as for the freezing water question - yes, water does freeze at O Celsius. Under ideal laboratory conditions. Once you're out in the real world, things are very, very different. Water is an insulator, so when you're talking about large volumes of water (such as a lake or river) then the temperature will have to be significantly lower than 0 Celsius to freeze solid. And ice also acts as an insulator, which is why you often have a thin layer of ice on top of unfrozen water. In Florida, the citrus farmers will deliberately spray the fruit trees with water if a hard freeze is expected. The water coats the branches and freezes, but keeps the tree from being killed by the cold...

/end babble

mickeymvt November 22 2007, 19:11:54 UTC

Poor Ray indeed, although by now I suspect he's used to watching Fraser's back when he goes off and does his crazyMountie routine. I think Ray likes doing it too, it keeps their working partnership in tune.

Thanks for the info about the freezing water, that is what I kept trying to say, but you explained it so much better than I could *grin*

akamine_chan November 27 2007, 04:25:48 UTC

Gotta get some use out of my college education...

mickeymvt December 6 2007, 03:55:06 UTC

Heh. That's why I wrote the story like I did, to use my college education :)

bonspiel November 18 2007, 08:04:31 UTC

Adorable. I enjoyed the format, it read very realistically, and the way you still got Ray and Fraser's voices through well.

mickeymvt November 22 2007, 19:07:08 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Especially thanks for the comment on their voices- it's so hard to get that right and to hear that I did it, makes me a very happy writer :)

gournay November 19 2007, 20:14:01 UTC

For a while I was really worried that Fraser and Ray wouldn't survive. But they did! A strong, short, story with all the dS elements needed; Fraser doing something stupid and Ray following after.

About the -10C. It would be enough with 0C. The shock from the car crash combined with the cold water must have been enough to kill the poor man. (Well that wasn't important but -10 did sound as a bit too much since I know what -10 feels like)

mickeymvt December 6 2007, 03:58:16 UTC

I'm a little behind on comments around here, so sorry for the delay :)

I could never kill them off, angst makes me want to cry so I never write it. And I never saw this as being suspenseful, but I love that you picked it out-it always amazes me how people get the most varied reactions from a story. Thanks!

sam80853 November 24 2007, 19:00:28 UTC

::smiles::
I felt like I myself opened the newspaper and found this. Great!

mickeymvt December 6 2007, 03:58:52 UTC

EEEE! Just the reaction I was looking for, thanks!

viciouscats November 25 2007, 04:15:43 UTC

Oh, this was very interesting!

mickeymvt December 6 2007, 03:59:09 UTC

I'm glad you enjoyed it!