-25 on the thermometer btw
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
one of our data centers had an outage overnight because the cooling system failed
we're all busy making "did they try propping the door open" jokes
― mh, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
Stupid sexy polar vortex pic.twitter.com/HLOClExSnc— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 30, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
WLKY looks a little like MILKY if you look fast enough.
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
MLFY
― calumy (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
dashboard temp read -9, bank I passed by read -18.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
lmfao
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
"It's colder in ___ than in Antarctica!" uh yeah it's summer there, that's not so unusual
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
holy shit, I'm in NYC and this is the fastest and hardest i've ever seen it go from clear to blizzard
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
like totally clear to total whiteout in less than five minutes
same thing happened here in Baltimore around 1pm, it was insane
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
xpost It was reportedly colder here than in Siberia and the Arctic. It's not summer there. Also colder than Mt. Everest.
Check this shit out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgjKFYlPM0A
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
My wife gave me a heads up about this storm and I beat it home just in time. Kind of like when the hero outruns an explosion. I’m in Hoboken.
― Evan, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
No kidding! The wind, wow.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
Temp dropped super fast here last night. The frost quakes I posted about were insane. Lots of people woken up by them.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
What’s a frost quake and can I buy one at DQ?
― Evan, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q8maZVG6Uw
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
and now the snow in NYC stopped just as quickly
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:54 (five years ago) link
"or it could be ghosts Larry!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:59 (five years ago) link
fmfao
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
lost power for two hours, temp dropped 15 degrees indoors, called comed (electric co) 5x and now i have to deal w the reality of going to work tomorrow morning :-/
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:20 (five years ago) link
what a nightmare to have electric/gas issues during this sorry LL
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link
my nerves were testedi failed!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:31 (five years ago) link
oh no is it ok now???
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
yeah it was off for a few hours and the estimated repair time was wigging me out because who tells the truth about that stuff? but they were telling the truth. acc to the message i listened to 5x there were 1,772 customers affected by this outage and that seems pretty urgent, even under these circs
i'm not sure if my nerves are ok but we have power! that's a step in the right direction!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:50 (five years ago) link
better in the city than semi-rural where you’re on the grid but service is a longer wait ime
I worked from home all day with no plans to leave the house but was an idiot and left at 4pm to meet coworkers for a drink
stopped at Target on the way home and the open refrigeration cases were empty, the store was cold, and the reserve staff was working — including my favorite target employee! he worked at an older store was closed down when they consolidated cans stopped having smaller lower income neighborhood stores and is a sassy older dude. warm moment on a cold day
― mh, Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:03 (five years ago) link
glad you have power, LL! mine went out this morning right as i was waking up to go to work, but it was only -2F outside, instead of the crazy temps farther north. it made the decision to go straight to work pretty easy.
― circles, Thursday, 31 January 2019 02:18 (five years ago) link
2 degrees F in New York this morning
next Tuesday's forecast: 56
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
Damn LL, that's scary. Glad everything worked out.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
anyone else going stir crazy? i feel like i would strike up a conversation with a random pile of dust & hair in the corner if it would communicate back with me. i am not bored and have no shortage of things to entertain me but i am tired of entertaining myself and would like to do something slightly more productive. if i were a reclusive basement musical genius i could make a polar vortex album but i am not, unfortunately.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
Making music is a great idea though!
― Evan, Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
make chili
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
I wish I was stir crazy, rather than at work
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
i was fine staying home, except i ran out of coffee because i was too tired and cold to go to the store monday night
today has only gradually been different from yesterday (we're up to -4 now, with a -20 windchill!), so it's funny to be out and to see everyone going around doing the same old things they were not doing yesterday
i helped an old woman with her wheelchair!! i hope santa is paying attention this far out from december 2019
― j., Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:50 (five years ago) link
Our power has been out since 9:30 AM
I've been at work, but about to head home into the darkness
*wolf howls in the distance*
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
geez that sucks
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2019 23:09 (five years ago) link
throw a bomb at them Karl
― rob, Thursday, 31 January 2019 23:11 (five years ago) link
It was remarkable how many more people I saw out today.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 January 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
omg karl! i hope it's back!! let us know either way if you can!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 1 February 2019 00:38 (five years ago) link
so have your jobs been lenient? Sounds like not.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 February 2019 00:40 (five years ago) link
my school cancelled classes and closed tues night through thurs (following the lead of many institutions of higher ed in the area -- which is a welcome change from pretending that our students are somehow more hardy than everyone else and able to attend classes in a weather emergency)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 1 February 2019 00:45 (five years ago) link
My wife worked from home both days. Both my kids had school canceled, though, weirdly, in one casenot parent-teacher conferences today.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2019 00:56 (five years ago) link
xp yeah i had two and a half days cancelled but it didn't matter because i wasn't working during them anyway. campus seemed kind of sparse today even though it's more residential than commuter.
― j., Friday, 1 February 2019 01:44 (five years ago) link
Power just came back on! My phone died too so I just went to bed, hungry, like a wicked Victorian child
― Karl Malone, Friday, 1 February 2019 02:59 (five years ago) link
glad you're charged
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 1 February 2019 04:38 (five years ago) link
it’s now going to be uncharacteristically warm on sunday and I feel like the impending clogged storm sewer slush madness is going to be a dumb follow-up
― mh, Friday, 1 February 2019 04:50 (five years ago) link
prepare for the sidewalks to turn into churning rivers/log flumes of dog waste
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 1 February 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
I think I'll take it. Our cat was so confused the last couple of days, compelled to go outside and then figuratively frozen in confusion at the same time he was probably literally freezing. The other night as far as I can tell he was outside just long enough to throw up before coming back inside.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
this morning he asked to go outside, so I let him out for a couple of minutes. when I opened the door for him he ran straight to his emergency litter box and peed.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
i am not complaining, simply stating a fact. my littledogs have been going out and doing their business outside throughout this ordeal -- i just know there are several layers of frozen water about to melt that will reveal unknown treasures (dog poops)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 1 February 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link