shutdown -h in Denver

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Dec 21, 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
>In case you haven't seen the weather reports, we've got one of those
>once-a-decade snow storms - 4 feet plus in my driveway one foot plus
>in the street and more coming down. My vote for"player of the game" is
>Xcel Energy. They've done their setup correctly. In spite of the fact
>that everything in the area is "halted", we've still got power and
>heat.

That sounds a lot better than Puget Sound Energy.  Our power has
been out since last Thursday night after a major wind storm took
out the power for about a million customers.  My computers have
been on generator power since then, and I'm staying with friends
who only were powerless for three nights.

>Yesterday my car got stuck in a drift on the way home. Two sets of
>Samaritans helped me out. One gave me a ride to a gas station where I
>tromped around for a couple of hours until a lady drove in to fill up
>her SUV. She delivered 3 of us to our doorsteps! Somehow, I don't
>think a liberal weenie in a pushcart-sized alternative energy vehicle
>would have been much use.

I saw an article recently on how many people have died as a
result of the CAFE (Corporate Aggregate Fuel Efficiency)
standards resulting as manufacturers have cut the size and weight
of cars to meet these standards.  Personally I like a light car
that handles well so I can avoid the accident rather than a tank
that will survive it, but then I spent 13 years racing formula
cars and know how to drive, unlike the vast majority of the folks
behind the wheel.

Bill
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