Post by: CigarBanter on November 14, 2018, 11:59:21 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 12:02:49 AM
Glad you made it OK. Sweet dreams.Made it about on time. We didn't sit on the taxi way in Charlotte as long as the captain said. Hoping the bad weather holds off long enough for me to get out of here tomorrow afternoon on time as well.So what's your status?Better yet, walk out, rent a car, and drive down there. I'm up for helping him watch tug boats go by.You should have had SCDave run you up some grub.Flight was on time so having a beer and a burger. Guy sitting next to me has been on the phone talking about his mother dying this morning. He's drinking beer and downing raw oysters, so can't be too broken up about it.Burger finally came 40 minutes into it, and it was cold and without the fries. WTF? Manager compted the while tab, but sheesh! Not a good sign.
Edit: My wife picked up her mom and aunt from Newark a couple of hours ago. They actually landed early.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 05:48:28 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 05:54:18 AM
Morning all you Winter Storm Avery watchers.Good morning, Dave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:03:39 AM
1904 King C. Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade
Today is Thursday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2018. There are 46 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 15, 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began their "March to the Sea" from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
On this date:
In 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation.
In 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes (cq) Peak in present-day Colorado.
In 1937, at the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers for the first time.
In 1942, the naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.
In 1959, four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in their home. (Ex-convicts Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were later convicted of the killings and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman Capote book "In Cold Blood.")
In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.
In 1982, funeral services were held in Moscow's Red Square for the late Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev.
In 1984, Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as "Baby Fae" who had received a baboon's heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant.
In 1986, a government tribunal in Nicaragua convicted American Eugene Hasenfus of charges related to his role in delivering arms to Contra rebels, and sentenced him to 30 years in prison. (Hasenfus was pardoned a month later.)
In 1987, 28 of 82 people aboard a Continental Airlines DC-9, including the pilots, were killed when the jetliner crashed seconds after taking off from Denver's Stapleton International Airport.
In 1998, Kwame Ture (KWAH'-may TUR'-ay), the civil rights activist formerly known as Stokely Carmichael, died in Guinea at age 57.
In 2003, two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:05:38 AM
Five years ago: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford vowed to take the City Council to court after it voted overwhelmingly to strip him of some of his powers over his admitted drug use, public drinking and increasingly erratic behavior. China's leaders announced the first significant easing of their one-child policy in nearly 30 years and moved to abolish its labor camp system. Dressed in a black Batman costume, 5-year-old leukemia patient Miles Scott fulfilled his wish to be his favorite superhero, fighting villains and rescuing a damsel in distress in an elaborate fantasy staged by the city of San Francisco and arranged by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. (The event cost the city $105,000, but the tab was picked up by the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation.)
One year ago: Zimbabwe's military was in control of the country's capital and the state broadcaster and held 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe and his wife under house arrest; the military emphasized that it had not staged a takeover but was instead starting a process to restore the country's democracy. (The military intervention, hugely popular in Zimbabwe, led to impeachment proceedings against Mugabe, who was replaced.) Eight members of a family who were among more than two dozen people killed in a shooting at a small Texas church were mourned at a funeral attended by 3,000 people. Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals won his third Cy Young award; Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber was the winner in the American League.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:08:39 AM
Actor Ed Asner is 89.
Singer Petula Clark is 86.
Comedian Jack Burns is 85.
Actress Joanna Barnes is 84.
Actor Yaphet Kotto is 79.
Actor Sam Waterston is 78.
Classical conductor Daniel Barenboim is 76.
Pop singer Frida (ABBA) is 73.
Actor Bob Gunton is 73.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is 71.
Actress Beverly D'Angelo is 67.
Director-actor James Widdoes is 65.
Rock singer-producer Mitch Easter is 64.
News correspondent John Roberts is 62.
Former "Jay Leno Show" bandleader Kevin Eubanks is 61.
Comedian Judy Gold is 56.
Actress Rachel True is 52.
Rapper E-40 is 51.
Country singer Jack Ingram is 48.
Actor Jay Harrington is 47.
Actor Jonny Lee Miller is 46.
Actress Sydney Tamiia (tuh-MY'-yuh) Poitier is 45.
Christian rock musician David Carr (Third Day) is 44.
Rock singer-musician Chad Kroeger is 44.
Rock musician Jesse Sandoval is 44.
Actress Virginie Ledoyen is 42.
Actor Sean Murray is 41.
Pop singer Ace Young (TV: "American Idol") is 38.
Golfer Lorena Ochoa is 37.
Hip-hop artist B.o.B is 30.
Actress Shailene Woodley is 27.
Actress-dancer Emma Dumont is 24.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:09:27 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:31:10 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:31:50 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 06:32:12 AM
Lets see if I can reschedule departure for today, so I don't get stuck up here.Good luck.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:51:17 AM
Makes it exciting!Lets see if I can reschedule departure for today, so I don't get stuck up here.Good luck.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:53:23 AM
https://atlanticcigar.com/search.php?search_query=La+Palina
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 06:55:50 AM
Atlantic has La Palina's on sale.Let's take a looksee.
https://atlanticcigar.com/search.php?search_query=La+Palina
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:56:55 AM
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Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 06:57:30 AM
Good prices, not cheapy-cheapo grade.Atlantic has La Palina's on sale.Let's take a looksee.
https://atlanticcigar.com/search.php?search_query=La+Palina
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 07:27:43 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on November 15, 2018, 07:29:38 AM
57° may hit 70's all week.
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 07:43:39 AM
Oh yeah, that's the word which applies. ::)Makes it exciting!Lets see if I can reschedule departure for today, so I don't get stuck up here.Good luck.
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 07:44:03 AM
Sleeping in lull.... ::)Are you still in Boston?
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 08:04:25 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 08:07:11 AM
Time to roll out.Make sure to take a deep breath of that central Jersey air before you run off... it's wondrous.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 08:10:02 AM
Yes, catching a flight out this evening. Hopefully before things start in earnest here and things have already finished in Newark. (Best laid plans, amirite?) Still better than trying to leave here tomorrow morning.Sleeping in lull.... ::)Are you still in Boston?
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 08:10:36 AM
Crisp, refreshing, autumnal!Time to roll out.Make sure to take a deep breath of that central Jersey air before you run off... it's wondrous.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 09:05:56 AM
Hope he remembered his long johns.Crisp, refreshing, autumnal!Time to roll out.Make sure to take a deep breath of that central Jersey air before you run off... it's wondrous.
Post by: FloridaDean on November 15, 2018, 09:42:23 AM
good morning Dave and Tony. gotra meet the lady's a/c guy while she's at work. contract maintenance.got settle with a cup of coffee and cigar and the contract company cancelled for the 4th time. assholes.
57° may hit 70's all week.
Post by: FloridaDean on November 15, 2018, 09:43:29 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 09:44:00 AM
Deadbeat contractors!good morning Dave and Tony. gotra meet the lady's a/c guy while she's at work. contract maintenance.got settle with a cup of coffee and cigar and the contract company cancelled for the 4th time. assholes.
57° may hit 70's all week.
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 10:22:34 AM
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/11/15/retirement-women-aging/1990120002/
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 11:20:54 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 12:16:49 PM
Optimistic women lull?I guess....gonna be a friday dragger for sure.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 01:14:10 PM
On a Thursday, nonetheless.Optimistic women lull?I guess....gonna be a friday dragger for sure.
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 01:19:44 PM
Nothing happening here weatherwise yet, though my flight out is delayed 45.Yes, catching a flight out this evening. Hopefully before things start in earnest here and things have already finished in Newark. (Best laid plans, amirite?) Still better than trying to leave here tomorrow morning.Sleeping in lull.... ::)Are you still in Boston?
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 01:20:53 PM
Yes, I noticed that right awayCrisp, refreshing, autumnal!Time to roll out.Make sure to take a deep breath of that central Jersey air before you run off... it's wondrous.
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 01:23:03 PM
Spoke too soon, just started snowing.Nothing happening here weatherwise yet, though my flight out is delayed 45.Yes, catching a flight out this evening. Hopefully before things start in earnest here and things have already finished in Newark. (Best laid plans, amirite?) Still better than trying to leave here tomorrow morning.Sleeping in lull.... ::)Are you still in Boston?
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 01:30:48 PM
And now w flight is almost 2 hrs late departing. FMTTSpoke too soon, just started snowing.Nothing happening here weatherwise yet, though my flight out is delayed 45.Yes, catching a flight out this evening. Hopefully before things start in earnest here and things have already finished in Newark. (Best laid plans, amirite?) Still better than trying to leave here tomorrow morning.Sleeping in lull.... ::)Are you still in Boston?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 01:33:08 PM
Snowing in Manhattan.Nothing happening here weatherwise yet, though my flight out is delayed 45.Yes, catching a flight out this evening. Hopefully before things start in earnest here and things have already finished in Newark. (Best laid plans, amirite?) Still better than trying to leave here tomorrow morning.Sleeping in lull.... ::)Are you still in Boston?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 01:34:09 PM
We might be able to get that herf in this evening then?And now w flight is almost 2 hrs late departing. FMTTSpoke too soon, just started snowing.Nothing happening here weatherwise yet, though my flight out is delayed 45.Yes, catching a flight out this evening. Hopefully before things start in earnest here and things have already finished in Newark. (Best laid plans, amirite?) Still better than trying to leave here tomorrow morning.Sleeping in lull.... ::)Are you still in Boston?
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 01:52:06 PM
There's some looking at the bright side!We might be able to get that herf in this evening then?And now w flight is almost 2 hrs late departing. FMTTSpoke too soon, just started snowing.Nothing happening here weatherwise yet, though my flight out is delayed 45.Yes, catching a flight out this evening. Hopefully before things start in earnest here and things have already finished in Newark. (Best laid plans, amirite?) Still better than trying to leave here tomorrow morning.Sleeping in lull.... ::)Are you still in Boston?
Post by: Travellin Dave on November 15, 2018, 02:10:43 PM
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 02:14:05 PM
About time to head out to the airport. Still showing on time, fingers crossed.Good luck. They just tacked on another 30 min to my delay. I'd better go figure out my options.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 02:15:15 PM
About time to head out to the airport. Still showing on time, fingers crossed.What time are we meeting at Jamie's?
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 02:25:53 PM
Ha, no schitt. How long is the uber ride from Newark?About time to head out to the airport. Still showing on time, fingers crossed.What time are we meeting at Jamie's?
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 05:01:08 PM
Post by: FloridaDean on November 15, 2018, 10:17:13 PM
PENNSYLVANIA
The Pennsylvania Turnpike came to a standstill for hours on Thursday. Several interstates were closed and bridges had iced over in dozens of locations.
A person identified as Kristin Anne on Twitter said she got on the Turnpike in Quakertown at 12:30 p.m. and it took her six hours to reach her destination of Media, about 45 miles away. That was after sitting still for at least three hours.
About 50 disabled and homeless people were stranded at an Allentown Dunkin Donuts when LANTA bus service was suspended at 2:30 p.m.
Across much of the Lehigh Valley, the snow caused semitrailer trucks to jack-knife, cars to run off the roads and fender-benders galore.
After being stuck in traffic on Route 309 for three hours, Rebecca Schorr, who moved from California to Pennsylvania about eight years ago, told the Morning Call, “I have never seen anything like this. It has already taught me some things as far as winter preparedness, but they never touched upon this in drivers ed in southern California.”
Crashes and disabled vehicles slowed Route 22 to a crawl in South Whitehall Township.
Interstate 78 eastbound was jammed from Route 33 to Lehigh Street, and in Berks County, the interstate was being closed as of 5:20 p.m. American Parkway in Allentown was gridlocked.
Northbound Interstate 83 was is closed between MM 28 and MM 40 because of disabled vehicles.
The number of accidents in Lancaster County alone topped 180 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., according to Lancaster Online.
CBS 3 in Philadelphia reported Montgomery County saw more than 250 accidents and 350 disabled vehicles beginning at noon Thursday. Delaware County officials reported 150 accidents.
A camel was seen walking along the side of Route 309 near Souderton. Bob Strange told CBS 3 Philly he thought the trailer hauling the camel got stuck in the snow.
A few school districts that originally planned on early dismissals are keeping students at schools with road conditions worsening.
Hempfield School District said some buses are unable to complete routes and are trying to find alternates.
NEW YORK
As Avery's snow reached New York City, a multi-vehicle accident brought the George Washington Bridge to a gridlock Thursday afternoon. All lanes were blocked, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey tweeted. All lanes reopened shortly after 6:30 p.m., but travelers were advised to expect delays.
In addition to the George Washington Bridge being closed, the Holland Tunnel and the Lincoln Tunnel were both experiencing delays.
A disabled semitrailer truck blocked all westbound lanes of the Gowanus Expressway at the Belt Parkway split in Brooklyn about 4:30 p.m.
Central Park received 6 inches of snow by Thursday evening.
The Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan was closed to any more passengers about 5:30 p.m. because it was so overcrowded, the New York Times reported. Only a limited number of buses were able to make it to the terminal in Manhattan.
After being in line for an hour, Marlyne Page, an executive assistant who works in Midtown, was still a block away from the entrance to the bus terminal and her bus to Passaic. “And this isn’t even a real storm,” she said. “Someone didn’t plan.”
Officials were telling people to take ferries or trains. However, commuters said, Penn Station also became dangerously crowded.
Multiple accidents shut down portions of N.Y. Route 17 near Vestal and Apalachin. WBNG reported that a semitrailer truck carrying wood overturned at the Route 26 bridge that connects Vestal and Endicott. Closures were announced at Route 17 westbound between the Nichols and Barton exits and Route 17 westbound between the Apalachin and Vestal/Endicott exits.
Trees were falling on streets in New York City's Hell's Kitchen.
NEW JERSEY
Nearly every major highway in the state experienced gridlock as people tried to leave work early to beat the storm, New 12 New Jersey reported.
“Listen, we’re getting clobbered,” New Jersey Gov. Philip D. Murphy said. “No forecast — none — predicted this. This is slower, it’s deeper, it’s colder.”
The renovated Bayonne Bridge was closed in both directions Thursday afternoon because of slippery conditions and because drivers couldn't make it up the steeper inclines, NJ.com reported. A spokesman for the Port Authority told the website the bridge would be reopened after the stuck cars were removed and trucks could salt and sand the bridge.
Sgt. Lawrence Peele, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police, said troopers responded to 441 vehicle crashes as of the 4:30 p.m. on roads the agency patrols. Dozens of accidents and disabled vehicles were reported on other roadways as well.
Stretches of the Garden State Parkway and Interstate 78 were closed.
New Jersey Transit buses and Transit train service were both experiencing 60-minute delays because of the weather.
Significant delays or accidents were reported on Route 20 in Paterson, Route 10 in Randolph, the Palisades Interstate Parkway, Route 287 in Parsippany and Route 23 in Wayne, NorthJersey.com reported. On Route 3, a semitrailer jack-knife and caused delays.
A number of New Jersey school districts closed early Thursday and were planning to remain closed on Friday.
Ohio
One person was killed in an accident that started a chain of a dozen other crashes along U.S. 30 in Stark County.
Barry Bailey Sr., a 61-year-old from Paris Township, was killed early Thursday morning in the crash, county investigator Rick Walters told the Canton Repository.
The cause of the accident “appears to be ice on the road with the very low temperatures and the rain,” said Lt. John Bosley of the Canton Police Department.
No other injuries have been reported from the chain of accidents.
More than 140,000 lost power in Ohio during Winter Storm Avery Thursday morning, per PowerOutage.us.
An ice-covered tree crashed on a house in Newtown, outside of Cincinnati. WCPO reported that no one in the home was injured. About 45 miles north in Middletown, a tree fell on a car, but the driver escaped without injury.
MARYLAND
A woman was killed in Millersville Thursday morning after her car slid on a mix of rain, sleet and snow into oncoming traffic, according to the Captial Gazette.
An Anne Arundel County vehicle struck the woman's sliding sedan, sending it into a nearby ditch, said county fire department spokesman Capt. Russ Davies.
The driver of the county vehicle was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center to be treated for minor injuries. The woman's name has not been released.
The fatal accident was one of nearly four dozen crashes that occurred between 4:30 a.m. and noon, Davies added. A woman and two children were seriously injured in a two-car accident on Route 2 in Deale.
All eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 were closed temporarily with ice coating the surface, causing trucks to jackknife and vehicles disabled, the Frederick News-Post reported.
One lane has reopened and the State Highway Administration is currently treating the interstate's surface.
ARKANSAS
Three people were killed in two separate crashes on icy roads in the Little Rock area Wednesday night, according to the Associated Press.
Arkansas State Police reported 26-year-old Quinten Young of Little Rock was killed after hitting a patch of ice and crossing into opposing traffic. Jack Winover, 49, who Young collided with, was injured in the accident.
Two people were killed in the Jacksonville area when their car veered off U.S. 67/167 before colliding with a tree. The driver, whose name hasn't been released, was killed along with passenger 56-year-old Meralon Noah, state police confirmed.
Interstate 40 was closed overnight in the eastern part of the state because of multiple accidents along the White Bridge River. After the interstate had reopened, traffic was slow-moving because some drivers had fallen asleep.
MISSISSIPPI
DeSoto County emergency responders said that two people were killed and at least 44 were injured when a bus traveling along Interstate 269 overturned on Wednesday, according to WMC-TV.
The victims of the crash were identified as 70-year-old Betty Russell and 61-year-old Cynthia Hardin, said DeSoto County Coroner Joshua Pounders. Both women were from Huntsville, Alabama, where the bus was traveling from. The accident took place about 40 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee.
Witnesses told state investigators the driver of the bus has lost control after driving over an icy overpass, before rolling onto its side, said Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Capt. Johnny Poulos.
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"All of a sudden the bus started swerving then it spun around two times, hit the rail and then flipped over," said bus passenger Veronica Love as she left a hospital after the wreck. "The second spin, it started picking up speed. It was, I mean, what could you do?"
"I'm just thankful I'm alive," Love said.
Teague VIP Express, the operator of the tour bus, posted on its Facebook page, "Our hearts and prayers go out to victims of this tragedy. Please keep everyone involved and (their) families in your prayers."
Three of the injured were listed in serious condition Wednesday evening.
VIRGINIA
The scheduled launch of an unmanned cargo rocket to the International Space Station had to be postponed one day because of weather, according to NASA.
The Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket with Cygnus cargo spacecraft has revised their launch window to early Friday morning from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wattsville.
Freezing rain and sleet was coating trees and causing limbs to fall and knock out power in parts of the commonwealth.
INDIANA
A 33-year-old woman was killed after a tree fell on Interstate 65 early Thursday near Sellersburg in southern Indiana. Three other people were injured. The Courier-Journal reported that Indiana State Police said the woman, Isidra Cornejo Pineda of Lilburn, Georgia, died at the scene. She was a passenger in the minivan that slowed to avoid the fallen tree. A UPS tractor-trailer couldn't stop in time and hit the minivan.
Ice on the roads of Central Indiana caused large several large school districts to close and numerous crashes.
Indianapolis Public School were closed Thursday due to poor driving conditions, as well as Carmel-Clay and Hamilton Southeastern districts, according to the Indy Star.
The Indiana State Police reported a "couple dozen accidents" had slowed traffic along Indianapolis-area interstates.
Some 80,000 people had lost power statewide as of Thursday morning, according to PowerOutage.us.
KENTUCKY
Numerous outages and dozens of accidents were reported overnight Wednesday into Thursday in Kentucky as icy wintry weather moved into the area.
Over 130,000 customers were without power across the state Thursday morning, PowerOutage.us reported.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 10:32:06 PM
Post by: FloridaDean on November 15, 2018, 11:15:13 PM
What a shit show. 5 1/2 commute home today and no cigar.48 clear degrees and it's COLD, but no snow.
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 11:26:35 PM
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 11:27:31 PM
What a shit show. 5 1/2 commute home today and no cigar.Still commuting. FMTT.
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 11:28:38 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 11:29:46 PM
Sorry to hear it brother. Hopefully the boss gives you the day off tomorrow.What a shit show. 5 1/2 commute home today and no cigar.Still commuting. FMTT.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on November 15, 2018, 11:30:35 PM
And @Dean for that LMAO. GFY!+1 on the GFY.
Post by: Threebean on November 15, 2018, 11:33:42 PM
Thanks, but that f'ker has no sympathy. Almost as bad as the HR prick.Sorry to hear it brother. Hopefully the boss gives you the day off tomorrow.What a shit show. 5 1/2 commute home today and no cigar.Still commuting. FMTT.