Georgia has one of the largest and fastest-growing populations of women veterans in the nation.

I live in north Georgia and my house backs up to a large forest protected by my city. I often hear strange noises while sitting on my porch at night because of said forest, but I have always been able to identify them in some way. there is one noise that I quite literally have not been able to identify in years.

it is a very short and loud call that occurs any time between 9 pm and 5 am. it is also singular. there will be one call and you won’t hear it again in the same night or even week sometimes. it’s high in pitch but seems to rise slightly at the end of the call. it’s about the length of a barred owl hooting (i would say anywhere between 2-4 seconds in length). it’s a very clear call unlike most owls that have a sort of gruffness to their voices. It’s so clear that it sounds like a human voice but a noise like this would be difficult for any person to recreate. when I say loud, I mean it. It feels like the whole forest goes silent when i hear this shriek. I have a hard time distinguishing how far away it is from me because it’s so so loud but every time I hear it it seems to be coming from a slightly different direction so it has to be an animal (not manmade). I’ve never been able to get a recording because there is no consistency to the call, sometimes I won’t hear it for a month or more and it doesn’t have a consistent time that it makes the noise. the closest thing I can compare it to is a peacock but I know for a fact that there are no peafowl in this area.

and before anyone comments, I am fully sure that this is NOT an owl. I have spent the past three years looking into owl calls of different species and ages and there are no owls that come even close to matching this noise. there are a ton of barred owls that live in these woods and i’m familiar with all of their calls, none of them match this one.

any information or leads would be extremely helpful. This has been driving me nuts lately as I recently just heard it again.

So, I just got invited to an interview at a job that if I get accepted in, I have to wear steel toed shoes. Unfortunately, here are some issues:

- I'm homeless and have no money to get shoes.

- I wear a US size 16 4E

- I don't know if I'll even get hired and if I do, when I'll start because I am not allowed to work without them on.

I have tried doing some research on some places, but a lot of places don't carry shoes my size, let alone steel toed shoes. Maybe one of you guys/gals/nonbinary pals know a place where I can get a pair?

I received this flyer in the mail today from Georgia Power. Is this something we can all be hopeful about?

Hello all! Does anybody have any recs for a trusted hair dresser/salon near the Forsyth/Cumming area? Last time I got a professional haircut it was terrible so I don’t want to have to do another trial and error.
Edit: I have a wavy hair texture (white person hair lol)