From: John Francis
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:51:24PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote:
>
> I'd only have two questions of the test.
> 1. How old are you?
> 2. Do you have a 4WD vehicle?
>
> Answer #1 with any number less than 50 or answer yes to #2 would be an
> automatic failing grade, and the authorities would add that person to
> the list of clowns to be rounded up until the danger passes.
Hmm. I'd have failed that on both counts during much of the time
we lived in NH. In fact we had two 4WD vehicles - a Range Rover
and an Aerostar.
That actually makes sense somewhere like NH, where they get snow every
winter, and lots of it.
Around here, we don't get snow, but when we do, it makes people crazy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3217697139/
This is from the last "major" snow storm in the part of NC where I live.
If memory serves, it was oddly enough, also January 20 ...
This is ONE QUARTER INCH of snow.
It was not predicted; started during the day. It was just a little
colder than expected and instead of a cold, light drizzle that was
predicted, we got snow flurries that stuck.
The school district decided to close schools and send the kids home
before the roads became too dangerous for the buses to operate, and an
announcement was made to the local TV & radio stations.
Which set off a panic of parents leaving work to get home before the
kids got dropped off.
Resulting in 12 hours of grid-lock. The LUCKY kids ended up spending the
night at the schools because the buses couldn't get through to pick them
up. The un-lucky ones spent 10 - 12 hours on a school bus, stuck in the
traffic, before finally reaching home.
About the photo:
I took this the following day. It's about 5 miles north of Durham, NC
just off an old farm road.
I had no trouble getting around, the roads were clear and dry by then.
This road hadn't even seen a plow or such ... even at 32 degrees f, a
quarter inch of snow will melt off an asphalt road in a couple of hours
if the sun comes out even a little.
It's an old, long abandoned house in a horse pasture. Looked like
there's hay bales stored inside. You can't see that from here.
I was just learning Photoshop at the time and this is one of my first
forays into layers, levels, curves and filters. I boosted saturation to
enhance the colors of the weathered brick and boards and the trees.
There's an almost transparent layer with a brush strokes filter on top
that gives it almost a Bob Timberlake effect.
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