Would it really need a car? I mean, sure, easier, but can you work the wimpy public transit of DC? All the times I've been to Alexandria, I've walked or cabbed, so... Depends on the trip.
We knocked 'em deader!
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Aug 30, 2005 5:35:47 pm PDT #2890 of 10002
Jesse - Aug 30, 2005 5:38:38 pm PDT #2891 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's more than 8 hours driving Boston to DC, I'm pretty sure. Although, my driving experience is mostly as a little kid, so we stopped more than I would now.
sarameg - Aug 30, 2005 5:40:19 pm PDT #2892 of 10002
OK, I've never driven. And honestly, I've only been to NYC via train, and Boston from NC so I have NO CLUE.
Emily - Aug 30, 2005 5:45:13 pm PDT #2893 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
If I stay at the pricey hotel, I probably could make do without a car. But it's quite pricey.
Jessica - Aug 30, 2005 5:45:27 pm PDT #2894 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My dad can drive DC-Boston in 8 hours, but he's insane. It's closer to 9 for a normal person.
If I were just going for a weekend, I'd probably fly, just because Amtrak is so ridiculously expensive these days.
brenda m - Aug 30, 2005 5:46:27 pm PDT #2895 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
God has already punished California with earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides; New York with 9/11; and Florida with Hurricanes Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne and the early version of Katrina.
And Illinois got Sammy Sosa?
Emily, where's the wedding? You might find a cheaper hotel close by.
Dana - Aug 30, 2005 5:51:47 pm PDT #2896 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Got in touch with my parents finally, once they discovered that text messages will go through even when cell phone calls will not. They moved to the hotel my grandparents are at, which actually has power and phones. I feel much better.
I am now tasked with a few projects, including e-mailing CNN to make fun of one of their useless news anchors.
amych - Aug 30, 2005 5:53:06 pm PDT #2897 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm so glad to hear it, Dana.
libkitty - Aug 30, 2005 5:54:06 pm PDT #2898 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
When the State Office Building was hit by lightening last year, I was personally told it was because we were evil. Which was proved because the lightening struck on the 5th floor of an 11 storey building. Since this is where Big IT is, it just goes to prove that Big IT is evil. Thank goodness it didn't hit on the 8th floor. That meant that we were ok in the library. Not good, but not quite evil either. I'm sure it had nothing to do with all of the wires going into the 5th floor, or that the floor is almost solid metal with all their computers and telecommunications, or with all the extra telecommunications stuff hanging off the side of the building.
If it had to do with relative evil, there are places in town, or even in the building, that I could see as better suited, but that's just me.
Ginger - Aug 30, 2005 5:54:10 pm PDT #2899 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Much of my career has been related to electric utilities, so one of my first instincts was to check the power company websites. Mississippi Power's website begins, "All of the company's 195,000 customers are without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."
Entergy is the main utility for that area, and its site says:
Nearly 1 million Entergy customers remain without power in Louisiana and Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage. Due to the scope and amount of damage to its electrical system, Entergy expects a long and difficult restoration.
The number of reported customer outages peaked in Mississippi and Louisiana at nearly 1.1 million. The outage total has more than quadrupled the previous Entergy single event record of 270,000, set only last month during Tropical Storm Cindy. The record prior to that was 260,000 following Hurricane Georges in 1998.