Posting from DC ...

Friday I got fed up with the pre-Frankenstorm hysteria and sent a friend (located centrally) an email with the subject "the sky is falling! the sky is falling!"

All this hysteria and advance warning and Saturday morning I went to the grocery, the bottled water was pretty much gone and a lot of non-perishables were gone. People were pushing and shoving, alternatively parking carts in the middle of aisles so they could call home and ask about which kind of chips to get. I was so disgusted that I went home and stayed in all day. In the drug store Sunday a guy was wandering the aisles disconsately asking for flashlights. Never mind that this area almost never loses power - all the power lines are underground.

Meanwhile, everything's closed, including transit, so I'm restricted to where in can walk in the rain ... which means staying inside until cabin fever sets in.

Bah! people!

Nice to see you Todd!

Stay safe, people!

And dry. And hydrated and fed. And entertained. And with working internets.

The wind is really starting to pick up here.

Yeah, I don't see HMC being 2nd worst of all time, come on. Proximity to other campuses alone should keep it off that list.

That's a good point. Though maybe in contrast to prettier campuses nearby it seems worse?

t,

yeah there is a lot of construction going on right now. there are some newish buildings there when I went near there last.

I wouldn't be at all worried, except that I don't have any more batteries for my flashlight. this means that I will not be able to READ!!!!! You understand, right?

ION, pretty skull watch is pretty:

Skull watch, 1780

I'm getting one hell of a headache. I'm guessing pressure dropping?