Wow, we had no wind at all. I am maybe 50 miles from Pasedena Todd
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Richard Gaskin <[email protected]>wrote: > Yesterday I wrote: > > The SoCal LiveCode User Group will be meeting in Pasadena on Thursday, >> Dec 1 - details in the SC LUG forum that Heather graciously set up for >> us in the general LiveCode forums: >> >> <http://forums.runrev.com/**viewtopic.php?f=50&t=9577<http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=9577> >> > >> > > The meeting is definitely happening and I'm looking forward to it. > > But for me it's a short walk, and if you live close enough to attend the > meeting you know what we experienced here in Los Angeles last night: > nothing short of Windocalypse. > > An unusual weather pattern unlike anything I've seen in my life as a > native Californian brought us winds that were literally like a dry > hurricane. On the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale it was the equivalent of a > Category 2: > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_**Hurricane_Scale<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_Hurricane_Scale> > > > > The noise throughout the night was like nothing I've ever heard, and the > house shook like a 3.5 earthquake that lasted till morning. > > Driving to the office this morning was an adventure in route-finding, with > so many trees down they completely blocked many roads. Currently a > quarter-million people in LA County are without power, with so many trees > having fallen on power lines. > > This morning we have a break in the wind storm, and most roads should be > cleared of debris later today. > > So for the meeting I just wanted to remind those looking forward to > attending that we're going to do this every month on the first Thursday. > > The winds are expected to kick up again later today, and if it's not safe > to drive don't feel like this is the only chance you'll get for this > meeting - put safety first, and feel free to skip this one and come in > January if it seems the safer thing to do. > > If you can make it'll be great to see you, but I'd hate to have you unable > to attend because your car got treed on the way to the meeting. > > Drive carefully, and if you can make it safely I'm looking forward to > seeing you, and if not I'll look forward to seeing you at the next meeting > on January 5. > > > For those of you who don't live on SoCal, here's what we have: > <http://latimesblogs.latimes.**com/lanow/2011/12/high-winds-** > fell-trees-block-roads-power-**outages-damage.html<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/high-winds-fell-trees-block-roads-power-outages-damage.html> > > > > More: > <http://news.google.com/**search?q=Los+Angeles+wind<http://news.google.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+wind> > > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: > http://LiveCodejournal.com/**blog.irv<http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv> > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > -- Todd Geist (805) 419-9382 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
