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No big deal for me but they evacuated by wife's building at NASA, everyone taking the stairwells and she's carrying the Windsor Pro she just got and had ridden to work (always keeps bikes in her office, her boss is cool about it). S***w the building but she was NOT leaving the bike behind!
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as for snow it texas, yes it happens usually every other year or so.
The problem with the Superbowl was that since this is such an infrequent occurrence there are no snowplows in the area. Mostly we get ice storms, and truth be told I'd prefer snow anyday. we used to get tremblors in Johannesburg, I was told it was old mines collapsing, never been in anything over say 2.5 on the richter scale. Marty |
Originally Posted by lotek
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as for snow it texas, yes it happens usually every other year or so.
The problem with the Superbowl was that since this is such an infrequent occurrence there are no snowplows in the area. Mostly we get ice storms, and truth be told I'd prefer snow anyday. we used to get tremblors in Johannesburg, I was told it was old mines collapsing, never been in anything over say 2.5 on the richter scale. Marty |
The earthquake was felt in Detroit up in the skyscrapers, but not by me. I work on a floor below street level, so there would have been less movement to notice. I hope no one was hurt and damage was minimal.
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Originally Posted by Pompiere
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According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commision, The North Anna Plants went off line when they lost their connection to the grid. That's called a Load Rejection, when you suddenly have no place to send the electricity. The reactor shuts down within seconds, diesel generators come on to power backup cooling systems, and some steam may be released to relieve pressure until the cooling systems are up to speed. The same thing happened in Ohio in 1998 when a tornado wiped out the three power lines connecting Davis-Besse to the grid.
I didn't feel anything today, but I think I was driving at the time of the quake. |
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What I love about New England .. earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, blizzards and big sharks. Thankfully, all in moderation.
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Huh...... another little one just rolled through. This time 3.6, and again over by toytech's neck of the woods. Maybe he dropped a Schwinn.
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Originally Posted by Catnap
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cell phone lines are down around NYC right now in the aftermath.
5.9, ehhh, that is still in the fun range as long as you're not in an unreinforced masonry structure, as previously mentioned. But to be fair, I probably would freak if a big hurricane or tornado was bearing down. |
Originally Posted by DavidW56
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The earthquake was felt in Detroit up in the skyscrapers, but not by me. I work on a floor below street level, so there would have been less movement to notice. I hope no one was hurt and damage was minimal.
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I may have felt it here - no wait - I think it was my wife's meatloaf. There it goes again.
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Ha, I though this thread was about: "O cock, the box of stashed Huret Alvit's crashed on my hetchins/colnago/de rosandell and all 67 left a deep mark in the paint". Hope nobody got hurt there on the other side of the pond!
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OK, Californians, you can act smug. I used to live there myself, but I'll say this: At least on the East coast we know how to drive when it rains. I swear, in CA there are 2 types of rain drivers. The first drive just as crazy fast as always, which is nuts. The second drive about 15mph on the freeway. It's bad when the first and second meet.
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I'm not acting smug. You should not generalize like that or you become part of the problem.
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Originally Posted by lostarchitect
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OK, Californians, you can act smug. I used to live there myself, but I'll say this: At least on the East coast we know how to drive when it rains. I swear, in CA there are 2 types of rain drivers. The first drive just as crazy fast as always, which is nuts. The second drive about 15mph on the freeway. It's bad when the first and second meet.
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Originally Posted by Mike Mills
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I'm not acting smug. You should not generalize like that or you become part of the problem.
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Originally Posted by Chombi
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It's not because they are "Californians", the drivers you describe are just bad drivers and there are examples of those in all 50 states I've lived in both ends of the country too and I know...... Uhmmm...Peace, man!
Chombi |
Originally Posted by lostarchitect
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OK, Californians, you can act smug. I used to live there myself, but I'll say this: At least on the East coast we know how to drive when it rains.
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Originally Posted by frantik
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luckily it barely ever rains in California *smug*
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yeah this winter it actually rained a lot
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About five seconds of WTF? anarchy, during which my front porch roof made a sound like a raceway for quadrupeds.
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Originally Posted by FlatTop
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I saw a jay fall out of a tree about twenty minutes earlier. Weird.
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Originally Posted by lostarchitect
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I lived there for 5 years. It is a California problem. Sure, there are bad drivers everywhere, and there are a lot of this particular type of bad driver in California. That's just how it is.
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Originally Posted by bigbossman
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I think it's funny..... a New Yorker taking shots at CA drivers. Hello, pot? :D
Actually, I've never owned a car. I rode a motorcycle all the time in Cali, all weather, even when it did its week long rain thing. My take on NY vs CA drivers is they're both bad for totally different reasons. Best drivers, on average in my experience of any place I have lived for a length of time: Massachusetts. Polite. Fast when it's safe, slow when it's not. Drive well in all weather. |
There's a big difference between Socal and Nocal drivers.. Norcal drivers don't know how to drive fast in heavy traffic and aren't nearly as aggressive
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Originally Posted by lostarchitect
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....Best drivers, on average in my experience of any place I have lived for a length of time: Massachusetts. Polite........
Really? REALLY?! I spent A LOT of time driving in Massachusetts. I remember very vividly the prime directive by which every Massachusetts driver seemed to operate - "never yield the right of way, always insist upon it". A surlier bunch of motorists I have yet to see. Playing chicken going into the Sumner Tunnel was always good for a laugh. I've driven almost everywhere in the country and Massachusetts drivers are the worst I ever experienced...... but I haven't driven in India or the Philippines yet, so maybe they aren't the worst ever. Just the worst I've seen. |
I still remember driving my guests from Wisconsin from the airport to the City and them having eyes open as big as pieplates, asking me in a panickiy voice, how we can drive so fast and soooo close together everyday in SF!:lol::p
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Originally Posted by bigbossman
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I remember very vividly the prime directive by which every Massachusetts driver seemed to operate - "never yield the right of way, always insist upon it". A surlier bunch of motorists I have yet to see.
Race you to Revere? Scott |
Originally Posted by bigbossman
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:twitchy:
Really? REALLY?! I spent A LOT of time driving in Massachusetts. I remember very vividly the prime directive by which every Massachusetts driver seemed to operate - "never yield the right of way, always insist upon it". A surlier bunch of motorists I have yet to see. Playing chicken going into the Sumner Tunnel was always good for a laugh. I've driven almost everywhere in the country and Massachusetts drivers are the worst I ever experienced...... but I haven't driven in India or the Philippines yet, so maybe they aren't the worst ever. Just the worst I've seen. |
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