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02-03-23, 08:42 PM
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02-03-23, 09:22 PM
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02-03-23, 09:24 PM
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Luckily, we only lost power from 4:40am on Wednesday to 4:40am on Thursday. As in Uri, we were (likely) saved by being on the same circuit as a hospital and got fixed as a priority. My boss, for example, is still without power.
Whether it was the forced cold or the lack of screens, I slept better than I have in literally years on Wednesday night. Then last night terrible again because we had the heat cranked in case the power died again. Week has been a damned roller coaster.
Also, what's this thread about?
Whether it was the forced cold or the lack of screens, I slept better than I have in literally years on Wednesday night. Then last night terrible again because we had the heat cranked in case the power died again. Week has been a damned roller coaster.
Also, what's this thread about?
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02-03-23, 09:28 PM
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02-03-23, 09:29 PM
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Luckily, we only lost power from 4:40am on Wednesday to 4:40am on Thursday. As in Uri, we were (likely) saved by being on the same circuit as a hospital and got fixed as a priority. My boss, for example, is still without power.
Whether it was the forced cold or the lack of screens, I slept better than I have in literally years on Wednesday night. Then last night terrible again because we had the heat cranked in case the power died again. Week has been a damned roller coaster.
Also, what's this thread about?
Whether it was the forced cold or the lack of screens, I slept better than I have in literally years on Wednesday night. Then last night terrible again because we had the heat cranked in case the power died again. Week has been a damned roller coaster.
Also, what's this thread about?
02-03-23, 09:34 PM
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02-04-23, 06:29 AM
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02-04-23, 06:42 AM
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Woke up at 3 and went back to sleep, and no nightmares unlike usually when going back to sleep at that hour. AND slept until 540. Had the TV and laptop on super-dim last night. Thinking the light is a thing. Need to try some blue-blockers.
02-04-23, 07:08 AM
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Temps headed for mid-40s. Hooray!
Winds headed for 30 mph. Boo!
Winds headed for 30 mph. Boo!
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02-04-23, 07:21 AM
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02-04-23, 07:24 AM
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I saw the carnage on the news, some major highway somewhere littered with overturned big rigs on the shoulders and the median. Looked like a war zone.
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02-04-23, 07:41 AM
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Not related to what I will be doing in my current position but I'm still so new that I don't have anything better to do than just tag along with other people to learn about the system as a whole.
One of the projects that is supposed to start next month is a rehabilitation of the spillway, so we needed to find out how much water needed to be drained from the reservoir in order to dry the spillway for rework.
We took height of the base of this trench using our GPS equipment as well as measurements of the current water height in the trench.
The reservoir will need to be lowered by about 15 feet in order to do the work.
Too bad we can't send all that water out West.
One of the projects that is supposed to start next month is a rehabilitation of the spillway, so we needed to find out how much water needed to be drained from the reservoir in order to dry the spillway for rework.
We took height of the base of this trench using our GPS equipment as well as measurements of the current water height in the trench.
The reservoir will need to be lowered by about 15 feet in order to do the work.
Too bad we can't send all that water out West.
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02-04-23, 08:00 AM
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-10F when I first got up, -4 now as the sun encroaches.
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02-04-23, 08:04 AM
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Or metro ATL.
Did you park on your front porch rocking chair for the evening and bask in the -10F awesomeness? Chat with the neighbour?
You have more winter power outages there than we have here. SMH
You have more winter power outages there than we have here. SMH
02-04-23, 09:26 AM
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02-04-23, 09:28 AM
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02-04-23, 09:36 AM
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Well, out Nest thermostat died last night. Woke up this morning and went downstairs to let the dogs out and it was 52* downstairs. The Nest kept saying there was no power coming from the wall. I tried to charge it via USB and that went nowhere. It’s in some sort of update loop that isn’t working. Went to Ace and bought a “dumb” thermostat for $30 and installed it just now.
I’m beyond pissed. The Nest is on an interior wall. It’s not like it’s on an uninsulated wall and it was working when we went to bed last night because I put it on 68* (normally goes to 64* at night). The other thermostats upstairs and in the basement are programmable (not Nests) and are working perfectly fine.
I found this this article and am thinking Nests just suck in cold weather:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/f...re-freeze.html
I imagine people in Minnesota and Alaska and Canada have them, so I doubt they really suck in cold climes.
I’m beyond pissed. The Nest is on an interior wall. It’s not like it’s on an uninsulated wall and it was working when we went to bed last night because I put it on 68* (normally goes to 64* at night). The other thermostats upstairs and in the basement are programmable (not Nests) and are working perfectly fine.
I found this this article and am thinking Nests just suck in cold weather:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/f...re-freeze.html
I imagine people in Minnesota and Alaska and Canada have them, so I doubt they really suck in cold climes.
02-04-23, 09:43 AM
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I can confirm, Genejocky most likely will not be riding outside today.
Gross.
Guy on a bike was hit by a car yesterday, on one of the roads I frequent. 1142 am, no helmet. Died at the scene.
Stay safe out there.
Gross.
Guy on a bike was hit by a car yesterday, on one of the roads I frequent. 1142 am, no helmet. Died at the scene.
Stay safe out there.
02-04-23, 11:05 AM
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02-04-23, 11:09 AM
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02-04-23, 11:26 AM
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I suppose I must have posted something about it last night. I just don't remember.
And in actuality, I think I am going to ride today, since I set aside the time for it. I just won't take any of my old steel bikes.
And in actuality, I think I am going to ride today, since I set aside the time for it. I just won't take any of my old steel bikes.
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02-04-23, 11:47 AM
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Was there last night, and was gross when I left this morning. My attempt at humor. I won’t start a career as a comedian.
02-04-23, 11:49 AM
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It's a little drier this morning. Road's still wet though.
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