Chillin at a county park Labor Day Weekend 2023. The park is out there in the country.
Nice to have an “out there” in Bucks County - a quickly developing metropolis of the Philadelphia sprawl.
So, out there in Bucks country is the border of another state. Being so far out there in Bucks county the nearest cell tower is in New Jersey. Phone service isn’t the best because of the out thereness of human development. For regular phone calls the circumstance is fine; for emergency phone calls, the outherenesss poses a problem for park goers in Pennsylvania.
Emergency calls from Pennsylvania are dispatched to the nearest cell tower in New Jersey. As of the chillin date, dispatch operators in New Jersey have no protocol for emergency calls from Pennsylvania; and local dispatch wasn’t trained for protocol for ranger response after hours.
The dude became aware of these dangers in communication with a Park Ranger.
The park ranger came around in the morning to collect camping fees for the prior night.
The dude explained he called local dispatch multiple times the prior night due to excessive partying into the wee hours. There was no response by any authority.
In normal conditions, anytime dispatch is called and a reasonable request for authority is made, law enforcement makes an appearance. The dude is well practiced in responding to law enforcement who are responding to just such a call. “Hey dude, we are here because we got a call. You’re cool, just had to stop by because of the call. Have a good day,” law enforcement would say.
Apparently, the dude and everyone are on their own when they go camping at Tinicum Park, out-there!
Eventually, the partying immigrants with no regard for neighbors quieted to sleep around 4am. This guy decided to play some good ‘ol WPRB as loud as Wilma could blast. The dude stood defiantly atop the picnic table in the last-quarter moonlight. A ten minute Italian ensemble piece ensued; echoing the valley that early morning.
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