That's great, Kathy!
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Feb 02, 2011 12:00:23 pm PST #20649 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
SailAweigh - Feb 02, 2011 12:04:54 pm PST #20650 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
How wonderful, Kathy! I was very pleased once I got out of the house to see the wind had done most of the job for me. There was no snow on my car, but I did have to dig some out from behind the tires so I could back out. All I did was move to a spot that had already been plowed so that if they come by for another sweep, my old spot can get plowed out, too.
brenda m - Feb 02, 2011 12:13:21 pm PST #20651 of 30001
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
It's so funny the way the wind patterns affect things. These are from this morning:
My car: [link]
The car one behind me: [link]
Seriously. There is one car length between these two. So glad I parked where I did.
lisah - Feb 02, 2011 12:15:55 pm PST #20652 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
They said they wouldn't take any money, but I could donate it to charity if I wanted.
That is so awesome!
ChiKat - Feb 02, 2011 12:17:02 pm PST #20653 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
They said they wouldn't take any money, but I could donate it to charity if I wanted.
They rock.
And we have another show day tomorrow. Just got the call. Yay!
aurelia - Feb 02, 2011 12:18:52 pm PST #20654 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I just saw this pic of Michigan Ave: [link]
Yeah, it was pretty dead downtown this morning. I saw a guy making snow angels in the road at State and Grand.
The downtown streets have been plowed and some of the sidewalks have been cleared. There is a bit of a dune climb at each curb. My biggest problem today has been coffee. No Starbucks, Dunkies, or Corner Bakery. 7-11 is open, but if I'm gonna drink bad coffee I'll get it for free in the green room.
Connie Neil - Feb 02, 2011 12:20:03 pm PST #20655 of 30001
brillig
There's an ad I've been seeing, where we see a garage door open onto a snowy landscape as a solemn voice says, roughly, "There is a group of hikers stranded, and a hungry coyote has just spotted them. If he doesn't get them, hypothermia will." Camera turns to show an SUV in the garage. "Now get out there and pick the kids up from soccer practice."
Ginger - Feb 02, 2011 12:25:45 pm PST #20656 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay for the kindness of strangers, Kathy.
It seems to be saying what number of households will lose power, but if they shut it off to an area, wouldn't that be all the people?
I don't think I can explain it without diagrams and waving my hands, but I'll make an awkward attempt. It's really more complicated than this in urban areas, but think of the distribution lines as fanning out like a tree, with branches and sub-branches. The closer the outage is to the substation, the more customers are affected. Events like trees hitting power poles can cause overvoltage on the line. When that happens, things that are essentially fuses open on a number of lines to protect the system. Often when crews get out there, a lot of power can be restored just be resetting those fuses. Down the line, there will be stepdown transformers for a small group of houses and businesses that can blow from overvoltage. The power company thinks of the system as sets of customers served by a particular section of line, which may not correspond to geography.
brenda m - Feb 02, 2011 12:31:29 pm PST #20657 of 30001
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
Hee! I was waiting for Ginger to come explain it to us.
SailAweigh - Feb 02, 2011 12:32:56 pm PST #20658 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
So, it's like you could have 10 houses in a row, but houses 1, 2 and 7 are on one fuse; house 3, 4 and 6 are another fuse, etc. And you can end up with patchy neighborhoods, where 10 out of 20 houses are served by the same substation, but the other 10 are served by another substation?