Having grown up in New England and lived in the midwest, I'm inclined to agree with your sentiment. Especially since the temperatures DIDN'T BUDGE over those two hours.
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knight1fox3
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Wow. Seems like they are getting more lenient with snow days. Very seldom did we have for cold temps. Snow yes, but cold temps not so much.
snickerd3
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THe super rural communities are bused in to attend our schools. The buses don't run well in this weather and they don't want the kids waiting for the bus out in this.
knight1fox3
Jedi MASTER & Friend of Capt. Solo
As being one who rode the bus in a rural community, I can appreciate that. And is really the only other time we had a day off. If the buses didn't run.
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
Only snow day we had was when we had a freak ice storm that knocked out the power to the town. 3 feet of snow? Better bust out the 4x4 and the snowshovel. The joys of growing up in the rural CO mountains...
I'd been gone from home for two weeks for the holidays and got home Monday night to 16" of snow in my driveway and -16 degrees with -40 wind chill. Two hours of snow blowing later I was able to get in my house. It really wasn't as bad as I was expecting outside though I did have plenty of snot-cicles hanging off my face by the time I was done.
knight1fox3
Jedi MASTER & Friend of Capt. Solo
^ welcome to PURE Michigan. Your trip begins at Michigan.org. 
RIP - VTEnviro
His Memory Eternal
That's why the Broncos will lose this weekend, they'll be too busy looking for nachos in the stands to remember the playbook.
RIP - VTEnviro
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^ welcome to PURE Michigan. Your trip begins at Michigan.org.
North Dakota...Legendary.
It must be a legend because no one has actually been here.
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It's 19 here at 2:54 AM. It's actually warmer in ND than NJ!
I was going to ask why you were up and posting at this hour, then I remembered you have a newborn. I have a puppy, which is similarly a late night excrement machine.
I was going to ask why you were up and posting at this hour, then I remembered you have a newborn. I have a puppy, which is similarly a late night excrement machine.
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Exactly. Been watching old episodes of Duck Dynasty with the little one. I'm just glad it's finally beginning to warm up. I will be thawing out my washing machine and the supply lines to it later today. A space heater and a hair dryer.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
http://www.wistv.com/story/24397336/bitter-cold-helps-sceg-set-power-usage-record
Looks like a lot of folks have heat pumps and were relying on the heat strips.
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Wow. In cases of a planned blackout, are they required to at least notify the customer in advance, or just shut it down w/o warning?
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Nobody knew it was a semi planned event until after it hit the news that the rolling blackouts were suspended at 10:45 am.
I suspect to see some 'revelations' hit the news in a few days.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
You'll get no argument from me on that. I did note that it seems the rural areas took the brunt of the rolling blackouts. Take from that what you will, but I suspect it was because they're less likely to complain.
Its just not right. I've such bad experiences with the electric companies. We have always been the last to get restoration when there's an outtage. And they lie. The least they can do is give an honest estimated answer. This past summer we lost power 2 days after a bad storm. A pole snapped and left a wire hanging a few feet across an intersection. They left it that way for a day and a half. I complained to the state Board of public utilities but got no where. They all suck in my opinion.
