I don't know about Florida, but I can imagine people in Illinois taking 15-20 minutes to completely fill out their ballots -- thanks to the several scores of judicial offices that need to be voted on. And that's despite the fact that in Illinois, unlike Florida, we don't do local elections in even-numbered years.
Of course, most people just don't vote on the judicial offices. I'm not going to this year.
I just saw something from a lady who said she had an hour's wait at her early voting station, which she considered not bad. She said the station was pretty busy. I suppose people want to get in to vote before the storm? She was busy listening to her music, so she didn't listen to the talk around her. Pity. A report from a Florida early voting station would have been interesting.
Oh yes, I remember coming out of school (11th grade), looking up into the sky and wondering if we would see the warheads falling--maybe tumbling-- or whether we would only be consumed in a flash of light and heat with no warning...
I am sick to death of political fund-raising, vote urging phone calls! Got one this morning and the idiot woman WOULD NOT SHUT UP. I told her I'd already sent in my Absentee Ballot, and I already donated. She just kept going and going and going, well, other people haven't blah, blah, blah. My sister and I were talking about this yesterday. When will candidates realize they do more harm to their campaigns than help when turning these robo-callers, professional fund-raisers and earnest volunteers loose to hound us past all vestiges of patience? Sickening, and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Susan--you could always move to California; one would hardly know there's an election going on out here for all the phone calls and mailers we don't get.
Oh--and thanks again for turning me on to alibris.com; I sent in an order for my Xmas presents last night; even with unconsolidated shipping costs it's a bargain.
I get calls in Illinois. Not about voting: Everybody knows Illinois is going for Obama, there is no Senate race, and I believe that even after redistricting my Congressional district is one of the safest Democratic seats in the country.
But yesterday I got a robocall from Sen. Durbin asking me to help out is other states. And I sometimes get fund-raising calls from the DSCC or the Grayson Congressional campaign in Florida. That doesn't count the innumerable fundraising e-mails I get.
Alan, you are most welcome. I have found through Alibris many books I could not find anywhere else. On my last order one of the books arrived with pages torn out. I notified them and they gave me a full refund with no quibbles, *and* didn't make me prove it by sending the book back and incurring shipping charges.
Though I've only used Allibris once, it was a pleasant experience.
I've taken to immediately unsubscribing from stray fund raising e-mails. It saves annoyance, though there always seem to be more to take their place. Sometimes I don't even recognize the name of the candidate the e-mail is from. I guess if you're on one Democratic list, you get on them all.
I miss my land line, but not all the solicitations. The no call list apparently doesn't cover charities and nonprofits - UNICEF and Green Peace for example - or political calls. So far, nothing of that kind on ye old iPhone, knock on wood!
Mixed sunshine and clouds here. Cool and moderately breezy. I understand it's quite different on the East Coast, although I see all the East Coast football games took place.
Cool (low 60s), cloudy and windy here in W. Mass. I'm hoping it doesn't get any worse. Apparently though NJ and NY are taking the storm extremely seriously. The NYC transit system will be completely shut down by 9:00 tonight. I sincerely hope all the prep proves unnecessary.
Cat and puddle. I'm afraid you ain't seen nothing yet. The center of the storm hasn't even gotten up to Cape Hatteras. Pressure is down to 950mb, just 6 higher than the lowest on record in the Atlantic. This is NOT simply a hurricane that will dissipate over land!! This is a hybrid tropical and subtropical system, so even the considerable wind shear, which usually breaks up hurricanes, has only fed this storm. As it meets the cold front, it will take in more energy from winds aloft, and expand even more. What's more, with a hurricane, typically it's the winds near the center that are the worst, but with this storm hurricane force winds go out 100 miles from center, the edges are terrible too, and all the rest, which goes out 500 miles from center, is tropical storm strength. Since it's so huge and slow moving it has been churning up the ocean for a long stretch and will push that water toward the shore after it turns. Plus it will be arriving at the full moon and astronomically high tide. The third system over the Canadian Maritimes is keeping the storm from just going north. When it hits the shoreline of New Jersey and Long Island, it will cause multiple billions of dollars in damage. Keep an eye also on the path of the storm after it arrives (and remember its great size!). It's expected to turn north over State College, PA and come up along Lake Ontario, grazing the NW corner of VT as it edges on into Canada. Part of the NYC subway system will likely flood, there will be massive tree damage, and some power companies have already sent robocalls to their customers warning them to expect their power to be out for 1 to 2 weeks. We will have 12 or more hours of sustained high winds with higher gusts. This one isn't going to go quietly. Stock up, batten down the hatches and take care!!!! XOXOXXX
My daughter lives two blocks from the L.I. Sound. She's up a hill, probably 60 to 70 feet above the water. Still, I'm sure they'll get absolutely slammed with the wind. I lived on Long Island for 25 years and power outages are common with the smallest storm. She's aware, and hopefully well prepared, but I worry anyway. The house down the street from her sits right on the edge of the cliff. They're supposed to get up to a 12-foot storm surge and if the bank is undercut I hope those people are not home cause the house will go over.
I'm having a terrifically difficult time getting on line, staying on line, and even then, this site keeps kicking me off. Sorry.
Not to worry. We have winds up to 60mph, which ain't unusual, about an inch of rain, and maybe five inches of snow in the prediction. Not worried much. Lots of others have MUCH bigger stuff on their plate. And I have enough chokl't to get me through.
Came by to share that my coworker, a breast cancer survivor, got the test results from her recent breast biopsy. Benign!! :-D
I was so happy for her news that I got tears in my eyes! I think I have been hearing bad news from so many quarters at once that I forgot that sometimes you get good news. I'm heartglad!! ♥
Pretty much! We cleaned out the gutters, moved the grill. I got the last of the Spring bulbs planted and put all the rest of the plants to bed for Winter. The leaves are just about all down now, so that's in our favour. I expect maybe some trees down and loss of power for a time perhaps. But I plant to be safe in it all. Our heat doesn't depend on electricity and we have enough food to get by on for a few days without power.
Sounds good. We're more or less just hoping nothing happens. Though Dad did clean the gutters yesterday. There are still a lot of leaves on the tree here. And Patty reminded me this evening of last Halloween, when we had snow. Maybe I can manage to sleep most of tomorrow and miss whatever skirts of the storm we get.
My friend Sully, whose forecasts usually are more accurate than those of the pros, posted the two forecast maps (wind and rain) that I just added out front.
Well, as if in confirmation of Sully's wind map, they've increased our expected winds to 30 to 40 sustained with gusts to 70mph...! I'm on one of those western slopes of the Green Mountains.
We may get more wind than you, Cat...depending, of course, on the exact track of the storm.
No reply from BC yet, but it shouldn't have amounted to much. Now to worry about Miyoko's friends in the Toronto area! And the HEPsters back east, of course.
Alan, I have FB/Enge friends in Orelia, which I understand is near Toronto. Marianne has been very worried about us southerners, but she said nothing about storms up there.
Howard is first, as ever.
ReplyDeleteAndy Williams: "Abraham, Martin and John"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IFoIvbIhKA&feature=plcp
BTW My YouTube handle is GHAriana. Unfortunately, you can't change it, or I'd switch to Catreona.
"Abraham, Martin and John" sung by Marvin Gaye (Click orange button) I don't remember it, but I like it.
ReplyDelete"Abraham, Martin and John" sung by Andy Williams
"Abraham, Martin and John" sung by Dion (this one I remember; it was the first recording according to Wikipedia. Hit single 1968.)
"Abraham, Martin and John" sung by Moms Mabley Oh, yes, I remember this one.
"Abraham, Martin and John" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles--sadly, only a clip This I remember too.
--Alan
listerner--thanks for the heads up about the earthquake in BC; I will try to contact my friend in Victoria right now.
ReplyDelete--Alan
Florida residents find long lines as early voting begins on lengthy ballot
ReplyDeleteWhat? Some people showing up without having read about the propositions? Taking half an hour to fill out their ballots? Lines blocks long? For only elective offices and eleven propositions? What's your problem, Florida?
--Alan
I don't know about Florida, but I can imagine people in Illinois taking 15-20 minutes to completely fill out their ballots -- thanks to the several scores of judicial offices that need to be voted on. And that's despite the fact that in Illinois, unlike Florida, we don't do local elections in even-numbered years.
DeleteOf course, most people just don't vote on the judicial offices. I'm not going to this year.
I just saw something from a lady who said she had an hour's wait at her early voting station, which she considered not bad. She said the station was pretty busy. I suppose people want to get in to vote before the storm? She was busy listening to her music, so she didn't listen to the talk around her. Pity. A report from a Florida early voting station would have been interesting.
DeleteFifty Years Since the Missile Crisis: We Avoided Armageddon Not Once, But Twice
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I remember coming out of school (11th grade), looking up into the sky and wondering if we would see the warheads falling--maybe tumbling-- or whether we would only be consumed in a flash of light and heat with no warning...
--Alan
Hmmmm…..Arizona go for Obama? Really fine….
ReplyDeleteAnd now to bed, later than I should.
--Alan
I am sick to death of political fund-raising, vote urging phone calls! Got one this morning and the idiot woman WOULD NOT SHUT UP. I told her I'd already sent in my Absentee Ballot, and I already donated. She just kept going and going and going, well, other people haven't blah, blah, blah. My sister and I were talking about this yesterday. When will candidates realize they do more harm to their campaigns than help when turning these robo-callers, professional fund-raisers and earnest volunteers loose to hound us past all vestiges of patience? Sickening, and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
ReplyDeleteSusan--you could always move to California; one would hardly know there's an election going on out here for all the phone calls and mailers we don't get.
ReplyDeleteOh--and thanks again for turning me on to alibris.com; I sent in an order for my Xmas presents last night; even with unconsolidated shipping costs it's a bargain.
--Alan
I get calls in Illinois. Not about voting: Everybody knows Illinois is going for Obama, there is no Senate race, and I believe that even after redistricting my Congressional district is one of the safest Democratic seats in the country.
DeleteBut yesterday I got a robocall from Sen. Durbin asking me to help out is other states. And I sometimes get fund-raising calls from the DSCC or the Grayson Congressional campaign in Florida. That doesn't count the innumerable fundraising e-mails I get.
Alan, you are most welcome. I have found through Alibris many books I could not find anywhere else. On my last order one of the books arrived with pages torn out. I notified them and they gave me a full refund with no quibbles, *and* didn't make me prove it by sending the book back and incurring shipping charges.
DeleteThough I've only used Allibris once, it was a pleasant experience.
DeleteI've taken to immediately unsubscribing from stray fund raising e-mails. It saves annoyance, though there always seem to be more to take their place. Sometimes I don't even recognize the name of the candidate the e-mail is from. I guess if you're on one Democratic list, you get on them all.
I miss my land line, but not all the solicitations. The no call list apparently doesn't cover charities and nonprofits - UNICEF and Green Peace for example - or political calls. So far, nothing of that kind on ye old iPhone, knock on wood!
Mixed sunshine and clouds here. Cool and moderately breezy. I understand it's quite different on the East Coast, although I see all the East Coast football games took place.
ReplyDeleteCool (low 60s), cloudy and windy here in W. Mass. I'm hoping it doesn't get any worse. Apparently though NJ and NY are taking the storm extremely seriously. The NYC transit system will be completely shut down by 9:00 tonight. I sincerely hope all the prep proves unnecessary.
DeleteCat and puddle. I'm afraid you ain't seen nothing yet. The center of the storm hasn't even gotten up to Cape Hatteras. Pressure is down to 950mb, just 6 higher than the lowest on record in the Atlantic. This is NOT simply a hurricane that will dissipate over land!! This is a hybrid tropical and subtropical system, so even the considerable wind shear, which usually breaks up hurricanes, has only fed this storm. As it meets the cold front, it will take in more energy from winds aloft, and expand even more. What's more, with a hurricane, typically it's the winds near the center that are the worst, but with this storm hurricane force winds go out 100 miles from center, the edges are terrible too, and all the rest, which goes out 500 miles from center, is tropical storm strength. Since it's so huge and slow moving it has been churning up the ocean for a long stretch and will push that water toward the shore after it turns. Plus it will be arriving at the full moon and astronomically high tide. The third system over the Canadian Maritimes is keeping the storm from just going north. When it hits the shoreline of New Jersey and Long Island, it will cause multiple billions of dollars in damage. Keep an eye also on the path of the storm after it arrives (and remember its great size!). It's expected to turn north over State College, PA and come up along Lake Ontario, grazing the NW corner of VT as it edges on into Canada. Part of the NYC subway system will likely flood, there will be massive tree damage, and some power companies have already sent robocalls to their customers warning them to expect their power to be out for 1 to 2 weeks. We will have 12 or more hours of sustained high winds with higher gusts. This one isn't going to go quietly. Stock up, batten down the hatches and take care!!!! XOXOXXX
DeleteMy daughter lives two blocks from the L.I. Sound. She's up a hill, probably 60 to 70 feet above the water. Still, I'm sure they'll get absolutely slammed with the wind. I lived on Long Island for 25 years and power outages are common with the smallest storm. She's aware, and hopefully well prepared, but I worry anyway. The house down the street from her sits right on the edge of the cliff. They're supposed to get up to a 12-foot storm surge and if the bank is undercut I hope those people are not home cause the house will go over.
DeleteI'm having a terrifically difficult time getting on line, staying on line, and even then, this site keeps kicking me off. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteNot to worry. We have winds up to 60mph, which ain't unusual, about an inch of rain, and maybe five inches of snow in the prediction. Not worried much. Lots of others have MUCH bigger stuff on their plate. And I have enough chokl't to get me through.
I'm glad you're OK, Puddle! Thanks so much for checking in.
DeleteCame by to share that my coworker, a breast cancer survivor, got the test results from her recent breast biopsy. Benign!! :-D
ReplyDeleteI was so happy for her news that I got tears in my eyes! I think I have been hearing bad news from so many quarters at once that I forgot that sometimes you get good news. I'm heartglad!! ♥
Good news sure can be t thin on the ground sometimes. So glad you got some, listener.
DeleteAre you battened down for tomorrow?
Pretty much! We cleaned out the gutters, moved the grill. I got the last of the Spring bulbs planted and put all the rest of the plants to bed for Winter. The leaves are just about all down now, so that's in our favour. I expect maybe some trees down and loss of power for a time perhaps. But I plant to be safe in it all. Our heat doesn't depend on electricity and we have enough food to get by on for a few days without power.
DeleteSounds good. We're more or less just hoping nothing happens. Though Dad did clean the gutters yesterday. There are still a lot of leaves on the tree here. And Patty reminded me this evening of last Halloween, when we had snow. Maybe I can manage to sleep most of tomorrow and miss whatever skirts of the storm we get.
DeleteMy friend Sully, whose forecasts usually are more accurate than those of the pros, posted the two forecast maps (wind and rain) that I just added out front.
ReplyDeleteHere's where to read his blog, and you can scroll down and join the Comments!
Nice group of folks there.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/sullivanweather/show.html
Alan, were you able to contact your friend in Victoria?
ReplyDeleteCat, "plant to be safe" should read "plan to be safe." But the typo also works! LOL!
ReplyDeleteI probably wouldn't have noticed the typo if you hadn't pointed it out. *grin*
DeleteWell, as if in confirmation of Sully's wind map, they've increased our expected winds to 30 to 40 sustained with gusts to 70mph...! I'm on one of those western slopes of the Green Mountains.
ReplyDeleteWe may get more wind than you, Cat...depending, of course, on the exact track of the storm.
Wild!
Here in Springfield, storms are often less severe than even elsewhere in the Pioneer Valley. So, I'm trying to remain hopeful.
DeleteWind Map
ReplyDelete(They need more categories!)
http://hint.fm/wind/
No reply from BC yet, but it shouldn't have amounted to much. Now to worry about Miyoko's friends in the Toronto area! And the HEPsters back east, of course.
ReplyDelete--Alan
Alan, I have FB/Enge friends in Orelia, which I understand is near Toronto. Marianne has been very worried about us southerners, but she said nothing about storms up there.
DeleteCat, our storm plans to visit the most southerly parts of Ontario and Quebec...about the time it visits me.
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