The radio is talking about blizzard-like conditions in some areas, with 60-70 MPH wind gusts. All the area schools are closed. Tractor trailers are blown over. You must be thinking that with such outrageous conditions that the Skyway is surely closed.
You would be wrong.
Amanda and I met up with John, Lauren, Chris, Allison, Suzy, Dave, and Sue and went to the Bring It Back To Life show Saturday night. Also spotted were Steven and RagingTaxpayer from SpeakupWNY.com. The show was great as always. The crowd size was a bit disappointing. We got to talk to Christina and Scott…
So far, this week at work has been mostly about this little gem. Microsoft lost a patent lawsuit with Eolas, a company with yet another stupid technology patent for embedding a plugin in a webpage, using something simple and logical like an <embed> tag. Since Microsoft lost this lawsuit, they’re changing IE so that if…
This was the first time this year we really got out for a geocaching adventure. We hadn’t yet made the time to even find the caches hidden near our house, so that was our mission today. We found our first one quickly, couldn’t find our second attempt, and then found six in a row. Included…
This week’s Spam Special comes to us from Shadya Brewer, and seems to be a exceprt from The Hobbit… specially greedy, strong and wicked worm called Smaug. One day he flew up into the air and came south. The first we heard of it was a noise like a hurricane coming from the North, and…
I actually drove over the Skyway on that particular day. And it sucked badly. As a matter of fact, Route 5 was closed (outbound, anyways) at Ridge Road but I don’t know how far towards Hamburg that extended, but that was due more to the blinding snow and zero visibility.
Somehow, Derek, I knew you’d mention this. 🙂
It wasn’t pleasant driving anywhere that day, and I’m sure the Skyway was no exception. However, someone needs to dispel the myths. I’m like the Skyway Mythbuster. 😉