[Info-vax] OpenVMS Alpha V8.4 install from InfoServer-1000

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In article <508dde3a$0$34146$c3e8da3$5e5e430d at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>On 12-10-28 19:44, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
>> Well, right now, securing for Sandy's landfall is paramount.  If you don't
>> hear from me for several days, assume I'm in the dark (not really, as I've
>> got a backup generator but the rest of the surrounds may not) or I've been
>> washed out to sea.
>
>How many days supply of Guinness do you have ?  How many days can your

An extra keg is on the sidelines!  People are stocking up on bottle water.
I stock up on kegged Guinness! ;)



>generator run to keep the Guiness cool ? If you are on cable, the node

I can drink Guinness at cellar temp if need be... and this is a weird
Hurricane.  It's much more like our typical Noreasters.  It is really 
quite cool outside, not that warm humid air normally associated with a
tropical storm, so that should help keep the beer.



>feeding your neighbourood can't last indefinitly on batteries. However,
>mobile service should have its towers on battery/generator combos.
>
>After how many day of not hearing from you can we assume you have runned
>out of Guiness and require immediate shipments to survive ?

30+ days if my son doesn't imbibe along with me.



>BTW, which county is Lakewood in ?

Lakewood and my neighboring community of Jackson are in Ocean County.



>Funnyly enough, with most Lakewood residents not driving, it may be
>safer for you to drive during the storm than during sunny quiet days :-)
>:-) :-)
>
>On more serious note:
>
>This is the weather briefing your governor got at 18:00 sunday:
>
>http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/phi/briefing/packages/current_briefing.pdf
>
>There is already some coastal flooding in Delaware (DE 1 just north of
>the Indian river bridge for instance). Rough seas. And the storm is
>still far away. (I've cycled on that road)

The current storm path prognostication has the eye seeing landfall on the
Atlantic City vicinity.  That means that where I am, I'll see the heaviest
of the winds from this storm.  I anchored the patio pergola to the tractor
with a 3" nylon strap ratchet tie-down just in case.  I moved the grill to
safety beneath it too.  Pool's cover has been secured down with 24 2 liter
plastic bottles of water and some water pumped on the cover -- the latter
probably not necessary with the forecasted rain.



>last year, Irene caused a lot of damage. One landslide severely reduced
>the River Line trains until late June of this year when the completed
>the building of a retaining wall. And they had a huge amont of damage to
>rail lines due to fallen branches and disrupted overhead wiring.

Yeah and FEMA claimed all the damage was in Northern NJ.  The government
failed us non-city dwellers yet again.
 


>NJ Transit will be last to fully shutdown BTW.
>
>In NYC, they are covering street level subway vent shafts with plywood
>to prevent water on streets from flooding subway tunnels. In many places
>outside of NYC, they are also removing level crossing gates so they
>won't fly off into the wind.
>
>
>Air travel will be very messy for the whole week.

Well, I'm not flying unless the winds pick me up off my feet!

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