We’ve posted a letter to the editor from a Crestview citizen who was surprised 911 did not consider her close encounter with a snake in her yard as an emergency.

As I write this, we’re had two people post comments saying they wouldn’t consider it an emergency either.

What would you do? My knowledge of snakes is limited to the ditty about “(some color) and yellow will kill a fellow; (some color) and black, venom lack.” We get a lot of all-black snakes in the area where I live and I’m told they are harmless.

I compare this to mushroom hunting. (Stay with me here). I have a pretty good idea which mushrooms are OK to eat which ones aren’t, but I wouldn’t stake my life on it. Same with snakes. I would have a pretty good idea which ones could cause harm and which ones are harmless, but I wouldn’t stake my life on it.

If I was cornered by a large snake, I probably would have called 9-1-1.

BONUS THOUGHT (posted May 27): If we’re not supposed to dial 911 in such a situation, that’s fine. But I must say I have no idea what the non-emergency dispatch number is off the top of my head.

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