I Don't Like Ike !

[luvdunhill]

heh, I didn't even see any rain. We left Austin Saturday morning (no rain the night before even) to go visit Waco and amazingly the weather was really nice. Even traffic was good. Anyways, pretty much a non-event. I have friends who are in Friendswood / SE Houston that had lots of damage though ..

[grawk]

The day austin sees a hurricane is the day I admit global warming is a problem

[Augsburger]

Well if it does, I guess we know who we can go to for a audiophile grade ark. /\ /\ /\ /\ /\

[manaox2]

The day austin sees a hurricane is the day I admit global warming is a problem

Slow forum had a video that makes me scared of people who say stuff like that (light switch metaphor).

[tkam]

i don't like ike either. the remnants of it caused very high winds, yesterday, here in cincinnati. my power was out until a little while ago.

The remnants hit Pittsburgh last night my power went out at about 9pm and it's still out @ home now. I'll be surprised if it's back on before tomorrow. Fucking Ike

[grawk]

Slow forum had a video that makes me scared of people who say stuff like that (light switch metaphor).

So I scare you? Cool.

It should scare you even more to know I work for the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (parent of the national weather service, we're part of NOAA).

[swt61]

Sorry about the power outages folks. It was a massive storm though, and it was inevitable that you Northerners would see some of it's wrath.

[n_maher]

Sorry about the power outages folks. It was a massive storm though, and it was inevitable that you Northerners would see some of it's wrath.

Did you make it through ok, Steve?

[grawk]

I think he died.

[n_maher]

I think he died.

Just read on Head-Fi that Steve's area of the state came through just fine.

[Knuckledragger]

The short - but eventful - life of Ike

[grawk]

Someone was up to date on their prayers

[JBLoudG20]

How the fuck? Man that's insane.

[Knuckledragger]

Alternate caption "There goes the neighborhood."

[en480c4]

Yet it will all be rebuilt, only to be destroyed again.

[swt61]

Did you make it through ok, Steve?

Yep, absolutely no damage down here. Thanks for the concern peeps.

[swt61]

I think he died.

And left all his gear to -=ChildoftheHorn=-.

[tkam]

DUQUESNE LIGHT CREWS CONTINUE RESTORATION EFFORTS; APPROXIMATELY 24,000 REMAIN WITHOUT POWER

September 16, 2008 – Noon update

PITTSBURGH –Duquesne Light’s crews continue to bring down the affected number of customers from Sunday night’s damaging wind storm, as 24,000 customers remain without service. This number is down from a peak number of 105,000 on Sunday.

Due to the amount of damage caused by this storm, Duquesne Light is projecting the following restoration times:

Eastern Allegheny County: Late Thursday, September 18

North and South Hills: Late Friday, September 19

Western Allegheny County and Beaver County: Late Friday, September 19

As we continue to assess the damage and needed repairs, we will be updating these restoration times for the affected locations

This storm has caused many incidents of downed wires, broken poles, and damaged transformers. For their safety, residents are urged to take caution and avoid downed wires. Do not drive over wires or attempt to move them, nor should residents try to remove trees and branches from wires.

Awesome no power @ home till thursday or friday

[JBLoudG20]

Awesome no power @ home till thursday or friday

Does that mean no hot water? No power I think I could live with, not showering.. man that is a tough burden to bear.

My house has oil heat, so we'd be ok, but my apartment is not so lucky.

[tkam]

water and hot water is all that does work

[JBLoudG20]

water and hot water is all that does work

Crisis averted. Time to catch up on your backlog of novels!

[luvdunhill]

swt61:

so, is the post office broken?

yes, I'm being an ass

but, I'm still a nice guy

kinda

[guzziguy]

Awesome no power @ home till thursday or friday

FIFY.

Now everybody can see Ray's brilliance with the SR-71A. When all other power is out, you can continue to listen to music by replacing every day 9V batteries. It's RSA's response to global warming.

Seriously, sorry to hear about your power issues Todd. Good luck and hang in there.

[swt61]

swt61:

so, is the post office broken?

yes, I'm being an ass

but, I'm still a nice guy

kinda

That was the only thing down here that sustained damage, it's totaled.

I'll get it out Wednesday, as I have a few other items I need to mail then as well.

[luvdunhill]

That was the only thing down here that sustained damage, it's totaled.

I'll get it out Wednesday, as I have a few other items I need to mail then as well.

yeah! My R-core transformers just shipped from Hong Kong, so I'm going to need those heat sinks Now, if I can just stall Pete somehow.... I'll get your Pearl up and running before his