Braniff747SP
Service Attendant
Amtrak 51 has been stranded in rural West Virginia since Friday, apparently... Here is the story. They said that they 'sent crew into town for supplies'. Anyone know what kind of thing they might have bought?
Good thing they were stopped at a station AND they still had head-end power for all 20 hours. Imagine the situation could be much worse had they been sitting all day in the middle of nowhere and/or if the engines ran out of fuel to supply head-end power to the cars.Just read a AP story, train was stopped in station. Passangers were allow on the platform and the pax were delay 20 hours, and have now left the train. One thinks most are still on buses right now, but hey there moving.
And nothing else to do. And nowhere else to be. And nobody to meet you or notice you were missing.I think it would actually be a nice adventure to go through this if you have the nerves to do it.
Best of luck with the wife. Nice story to tell the kids later in life. Fridge if kept close should last a bit longer, but it's better been safe than sorry. Can we come over to your house for the epic BBQ your going to have today. Better to eat than toss.Thanks - still over a million of us without power here in DC, and the lines at the gas stations that are open are epic.
Fortunately, with a baby on the way (due today, although it looks like she's taking her sweet time) the wife and I were keeping the cars topped off, so we're in good shape there. Trash man comes tomorrow, so even if the power doesn't come back, the contents of the fridge and freezer are going to the curb tonight (the fridge has been at 45-46 degrees for over 12 hours now).
Crappy situation all around.
You ween't able to convince her to have the baby on a Train??? :lol: Seriusly, hope all of yall have your Power back ASAP and things go fine with the New Family Member!Thanks - still over a million of us without power here in DC, and the lines at the gas stations that are open are epic.
Fortunately, with a baby on the way (due today, although it looks like she's taking her sweet time) the wife and I were keeping the cars topped off, so we're in good shape there. Trash man comes tomorrow, so even if the power doesn't come back, the contents of the fridge and freezer are going to the curb tonight (the fridge has been at 45-46 degrees for over 12 hours now).
Crappy situation all around.
After Katrina there should be no nursing home or hospital with a plan. Heck if Dollar General got a plan to supply generators to there stores, and fuel for there employees, there should be no hospital or nursing home with a solid plan for a long term power outages.Still half a million homes, and some hospitals and nursing homes, without power. (Yes, hospitals and nursing homes have backup generators - but how much fuel? And how to get more?)
Well someone plan is a bit cheap, Seattle public works does not have there own fuel pumps?all the few gas stations that had backup power were commandeered by emergency services
Done this a few times, sometimes with a snow plow leading, sometime a pu truck with chain saws. I would say more than half the time it was a abused of 911, to get there roads open so they could get out of the house.and emergency services sometimes needed an escort with chain saws just to respond to calls.
Sounds like an episode of "The Twilight Zone," complete with a great title.The title of this thread gave me a slight sense of 'deja-vu'. Back in a tough winter of the late '70's, there was an item in the Amtrak Morning Report on the Arrow OMS system that was titled "No. 51 is at Nero Tower". It seems that in a blizzard, they had lost communication with that train for a long period, until it was finally reported by that point, to the relief of many......
45-46 degrees C or F? For C that would be really hot!Trash man comes tomorrow, so even if the power doesn't come back, the contents of the fridge and freezer are going to the curb tonight (the fridge has been at 45-46 degrees for over 12 hours now).
Application of common sense would suggest that it is Fahrenheit.45-46 degrees C or F? For C that would be really hot!Trash man comes tomorrow, so even if the power doesn't come back, the contents of the fridge and freezer are going to the curb tonight (the fridge has been at 45-46 degrees for over 12 hours now).
Perhaps K? The frozen stuff would be really, really frozen.Application of common sense would suggest that it is Fahrenheit.45-46 degrees C or F? For C that would be really hot!Trash man comes tomorrow, so even if the power doesn't come back, the contents of the fridge and freezer are going to the curb tonight (the fridge has been at 45-46 degrees for over 12 hours now).
Your poor wife. I can remember being very pregnant in the summer and living in Richmond and we could not afford to run the air conditioning (my husband was a student and not working at the time). Being very pregnant in very hot, humid conditions is the very definition of miserable. I survived on slurpees from the nearby 7-11. Bless her and best wishes on your new arrival.Thanks - still over a million of us without power here in DC, and the lines at the gas stations that are open are epic.
Fortunately, with a baby on the way (due today, although it looks like she's taking her sweet time) the wife and I were keeping the cars topped off, so we're in good shape there. Trash man comes tomorrow, so even if the power doesn't come back, the contents of the fridge and freezer are going to the curb tonight (the fridge has been at 45-46 degrees for over 12 hours now).
Crappy situation all around.
Application of common sense would suggest that it is Fahrenheit.45-46 degrees C or F? For C that would be really hot!Trash man comes tomorrow, so even if the power doesn't come back, the contents of the fridge and freezer are going to the curb tonight (the fridge has been at 45-46 degrees for over 12 hours now).
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