Author Topic: The Weather (2011) (Read 41930 times)

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #400:** January 28, 2011, 10:07:36 AM »

dear god Pepco sucks

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Pepco did not call for major reinforcements to help restore power to its customers until late Wednesday night, well into the storm and several hours after Baltimore Gas and Electric had begun assembling outside contractors for help.

Similarly, Dominion Virginia Power began moving its own crews from southeastern Virginia and North Carolina closer to Northern Virginia as early as Tuesday, anticipating weather problems. As a result, it has called in only about 200 outside workers for additional help, a spokeswoman said.

BGE had arranged for about 400 extra workers by about 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to its spokesman. Pepco didn't ask for mutual aid until an 8:30 p.m. conference call among mid-Atlantic region utilities - a call arranged by BGE, both companies said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/27/AR2011012707462.html?hpid=topnews

PANatsFan · « **Reply #401:** January 28, 2011, 10:17:47 AM »

My line is still down

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #402:** January 28, 2011, 10:18:56 AM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on January 28, 2011, 09:34:00 AM

and not enough of it to let it dictate car purchases (thank god, there is something disturbing about nothing but subarus on the road)

Been to Maine?

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #403:** January 28, 2011, 10:22:45 AM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on January 28, 2011, 10:18:56 AM

Been to Maine?

yep, but I was thinking of my mom in NE Vermont where the two local dealerships are a Subaru and a used Subaru. It seems like 3/4 of the cars on the roads are subarus

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #404:** January 28, 2011, 11:16:10 AM »

Check out any mountain town in Colorado...the only variation is the number of dogs in the Subarus. Vail and Aspen might depart slightly from this, but not by much.

Potomac Cannons · « **Reply #405:** January 28, 2011, 12:28:37 PM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on January 28, 2011, 10:07:36 AM

dear god Pepco sucks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/27/AR2011012707462.html?hpid=topnews

So that's why they're no longer the sponsor of the Caps power play.

imref · « **Reply #406:** January 28, 2011, 01:53:09 PM »

Quote from: PANatsFan on January 28, 2011, 10:05:59 AM

Snowing again

perfect snow, made everything look pretty, didn't stick to the roads, and didn't last very long.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #407:** January 28, 2011, 02:12:55 PM »

Pepco is the new Metro. Both companies should hire Michelle Rhee to kick some @ss.

Quote from: HalfSmokes on January 28, 2011, 10:07:36 AM

dear god Pepco sucks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/27/AR2011012707462.html?hpid=topnews

mitlen · « **Reply #408:** January 28, 2011, 02:16:46 PM »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on January 28, 2011, 02:12:55 PM

Pepco is the new Metro. Both companies should hire Michelle Rhee to kick some @ss.

... and to think Mussolini was popular early on in Italy by making the trains run ontime.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #409:** January 28, 2011, 02:21:34 PM »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on January 28, 2011, 02:12:55 PM

Pepco is the new Metro. Both companies should hire Michelle Rhee to kick some @ss.

Michelle Rhee actually produces, she's immediately disqualified from working for WMATA.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #410:** January 28, 2011, 04:54:11 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on January 28, 2011, 02:16:46 PM

... and to think Mussolini was popular early on in Italy by making the trains run ontime.

Have you ever been on an Italian train? The only thing that works is the scenery.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #411:** January 28, 2011, 04:54:51 PM »

Quote from: PANatsFan on January 28, 2011, 04:54:11 PM

Have you ever been on an Italian train? The only thing that works is the scenery.

I assume you mean a post-Mussolini train, right?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #412:** January 28, 2011, 04:57:33 PM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on January 28, 2011, 04:54:51 PM

I assume you mean a post-Mussolini train, right?

Should I dignify this with a response?

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #413:** January 28, 2011, 05:02:44 PM »

Quote from: PANatsFan on January 28, 2011, 04:57:33 PM

Should I dignify this with a response?

Calm down. One of my former professors went to Germany to try and get their rail system on time. He finally said "freak it" and went back to teaching undergrad.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #414:** January 28, 2011, 05:09:02 PM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on January 28, 2011, 05:02:44 PM

Calm down. One of my former professors went to Germany to try and get their rail system on time. He finally said "freak it" and went back to teaching undergrad.

I'm just yanking your chain. German trains are frustrating, but reasonably on time when they aren't striking. The worst are Belgian trains because the tracks suck and they trains have to go slow, like when the Metro gets out towards New Carrolton.

El Kabong · « **Reply #415:** January 29, 2011, 11:08:46 PM »

Snow!!!

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #416:** January 29, 2011, 11:36:20 PM »

Big freaked up inversion in the mountains next week...freezing rain and sleet when we'll be at Snowshoe Mon/Tues. Ah well, this is an all-weather operation.

PatsNats28 · « **Reply #417:** January 29, 2011, 11:41:37 PM »

Reminds me of this story we read in Spanish class called El Guardagujas - it was an existentialist short story, but it was mocking the inefficiency of the Mexican train system.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #418:** January 29, 2011, 11:47:26 PM »

I missed a train from Brussels to Berlin because they changed the tracks and only made the announcement in Flemish and German.

Quote from: PANatsFan on January 28, 2011, 05:09:02 PM

I'm just yanking your chain. German trains are frustrating, but reasonably on time when they aren't striking. The worst are Belgian trains because the tracks suck and they trains have to go slow, like when the Metro gets out towards New Carrolton.

imref · « **Reply #419:** January 30, 2011, 12:04:15 AM »

Quote from: PANatsFan on January 28, 2011, 04:54:11 PM

Have you ever been on an Italian train? The only thing that works is the scenery.

I took a train from Monaco to the first town in Italy (Ventimiglia) once just to say I've been in Italy. Does that count?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #420:** January 30, 2011, 12:19:32 AM »

Quote from: imref on January 30, 2011, 12:04:15 AM

I took a train from Monaco to the first town in Italy (Ventimiglia) once just to say I've been in Italy. Does that count?

I took a bus to Slovenia to do the same thing.

imref · « **Reply #421:** January 30, 2011, 09:27:46 AM »

tuesday-wednesday map:

PANatsFan · « **Reply #422:** January 30, 2011, 09:31:39 AM »

Quote from: imref on January 30, 2011, 09:27:46 AM

tuesday-wednesday map:

(Image removed from quote.)

GAH I need to go to Balmer to see Times of Grace.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #423:** January 30, 2011, 09:34:25 AM »

We're in the wintry mix band, and this is a cold-to-warm storm, so it should get better as time passes, not worse.

Quote from: PANatsFan on January 30, 2011, 09:31:39 AM

GAH I need to go to Balmer to see Times of Grace.

mitlen · « **Reply #424:** January 30, 2011, 09:48:32 AM »

It's winter.