bjarvis: (home)
bjarvis ([personal profile] bjarvis) wrote2008-12-31 10:48 am
  • Add Memory
  • Share This Entry
Entry tags:

Windy

The weather has shifted dramatically in the greater Washington DC area. The temperature is dropping rapidly but the big news is the wind: it's averaging 30 mph with gusts to 50+ mph.

The major downside (for me) is that the household electricity is flickering in a nasty way. The machines I'm working on are all on UPS but our broadband connection is fairly fragile so we're occasionally losing Internet connectivity.

So far, the only wind-related damage is this:

It was an old tree already slated for removal. I guess the timetable has been moved up.
Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

[identity profile] deege.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Crazy windy here, too. And it's recycling day. Someone's unanchored pizza box just blew up on my porch and banged into my front door. I thought I had a visitor.

[identity profile] bjarvis.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Was there any leftover slices in there? Hey, it's free pizza.

[identity profile] kent4str.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Good think Isaac & Goldie (for non-locals - I'm not making that up) weren't parked there.

You should at least go drag it out of the street.

[identity profile] bjarvis.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It's already gone and the hole in the yard largely mended! That was quick!

[identity profile] deege.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
No, unfortunately. Selfish bastards.

SHREEEEKKKKKK!!!!!

[identity profile] wescobear.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It's windy in Pennsylvania, too.

My four UPS's have gone off briefly a couple of times today. I'm avoiding my office for fear of getting a punctured eardrum should we have a power disturbance while I'm in there.

34 degrees and 30 MPH wind gusts: my neighbor is out there with a leaf blower. WTF?
Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only