Office Ghost Town
Feb. 14th, 2007 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisThere's me and one other sysadmin in the Urbana data center today. After a quick exchange of e-mails, I've found precisely two others in our Reston data center. I'm now frantically reassigning work tickets to the available bodies --myself included-- so we don't have to reschedule a lot of work.
Traffic was light although the few commuters on the road were clearly terrified of the slush. In a couple of spots, I'd agree: I270 northbound effectively was two lanes wide the entire distance to my office, even though there's 3 lanes and 4 lanes of physical pavement... the MVA simply hasn't plowed some lanes at all. There's also one major spot where the drains are clearly blocked: there's a swimming pool of water across all lanes which could easily trap small vehicles.
It was a source of great amusement to see that all of the vehicles --and there were lots-- which had spun out and were abandoned in the snowbanks and medians were all SUVs. :-)
Traffic was light although the few commuters on the road were clearly terrified of the slush. In a couple of spots, I'd agree: I270 northbound effectively was two lanes wide the entire distance to my office, even though there's 3 lanes and 4 lanes of physical pavement... the MVA simply hasn't plowed some lanes at all. There's also one major spot where the drains are clearly blocked: there's a swimming pool of water across all lanes which could easily trap small vehicles.
It was a source of great amusement to see that all of the vehicles --and there were lots-- which had spun out and were abandoned in the snowbanks and medians were all SUVs. :-)
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Slogged in from Rockville to Georgetown
Date: 2007-02-14 05:36 pm (UTC)Re: Slogged in from Rockville to Georgetown
Date: 2007-02-15 03:27 pm (UTC)I absolutely demand people clear the snow from their vehicles before driving them on the roadways. The other drivers on the road have enough to worry about without flying snow & ice from fools who couldn't be bothered. There is no excuse.
I also am insistent that if one must travel 15 mph on the highways because omigod there's a snowflake! that they not drive at all. There's a minimal level of competence required to drive a vehicle, especially under less-than-ideal conditions: it behooves people to know their limits and stay off the roads if they're not qualified to deal with the situation. I can forgive a lot, but I can't forgive risking the lives of other people for personal convenience.
I'm not asking much... I just want people to act like sensible, responsible human beings.
OK, maybe I am asking too much. :-^