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MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
I would have thought that his company would have found them lodging agead of time. Hope he is doing well and that you got to speak to him today.
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My two cents: I think the company for @93boomer 's hubs "might" not have been able to do that. The reason is because with an area with so much damage, and in such a fluid set of bad problems popping up--even if they tried to find a motel, etc. prior to the crews heading down there--the motels may not have any power once the guys got there.

It's only my hunch, but I'm thinking that in these types of crisis situations, the guys are probably more on their own to secure lodging wherever they can find it--and the location could even move a few times, while they're down there.

(My thought here is that you and I naturally tend to think of normal circumstances, where a company may send workers, executives, etc. to meetings out of state--and they line up hotels and transportation for them, ahead of time.)

You see, this is why I have so much respect for these crews that head out into post-storm devastated areas. They really have to deal with a lot. They work some very long, hard hours, in some tough weather extremes.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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figmentfan423 said:
YUP down hill from us. I don't think it will get serious but we've had a very wet summer:grumpy: and the rain seems to be heavy and steady. :grumpy: THNX for the good wishes but my hand is a bit more mobile and he has some things to do himself as in his Christmas projects to get going on so I'm not sure how much togetherness there will be
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Sympathy like.
Hope y’all are stayin’ safe...!!! :)

We’ve had a pretty wet coupla’ weeks recently. But, it was clear and in the 90’s yesterday and today, with same predicted for tomorrow. Back down into the mid-80’s with anywhere from about a 40-90% chance of precip for Thursday through Sunday, though.
 
93boomer

93boomer

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MinnieM123 said:
My two cents: I think the company for @93boomer 's hubs "might" not have been able to do that. The reason is because with an area with so much damage, and in such a fluid set of bad problems popping up--even if they tried to find a motel, etc. prior to the crews heading down there--the motels may not have any power once the guys got there.

It's only my hunch, but I'm thinking that in these types of crisis situations, the guys are probably more on their own to secure lodging wherever they can find it--and the location could even move a few times, while they're down there.

(My thought here is that you and I naturally tend to think of normal circumstances, where a company may send workers, executives, etc. to meetings out of state--and they line up hotels and transportation for them, ahead of time.)

You see, this is why I have so much respect for these crews that head out into post-storm devastated areas. They really have to deal with a lot. They work some very long, hard hours, in some tough weather extremes.
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You are absolutely right. Thank you for your support. I will pass it on. When you have hundreds of crews, they can’t get rooms ahead of time. DH says they just found out they have a room tonight in a different motel. I remember one storm when we first got married he had to sleep in this huge tent with a lot of other workers. They had traveling showers. It is really rough in storms like this. Gas was a problem today. They finally got a gas station up with a generator so the men could gas up. They sometimes travel 1 1/2 hours out of their staging area to put lines back up, then drive back that evening to get back so they can eat. Then see if they have a room for the night.
I have a lot of respect for all these men and women that leave their families for weeks to get the power back on for them.
 
93boomer

93boomer

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
I would have thought that his company would have found them lodging agead of time. Hope he is doing well and that you got to speak to him today.
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He is well. Thank you! I have spoken to him when he gets cell service. They can’t get rooms ahead. Lots of crews from other states sometimes fill up the motels if they got there first and they have power. A lot of motels don’t have any power right now. But his company does let them know ahead that they may be sleeping in tough conditions. He was prepared to sleep in his truck if he had too. But, fortunately they did find a few rooms.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
93boomer said:
He is well. Thank you! I have spoken to him when he gets cell service. They can’t get rooms ahead. Lots of crews from other states sometimes fill up the motels if they got there first and they have power. A lot of motels don’t have any power right now. But his company does let them know ahead that they may be sleeping in tough conditions. He was prepared to sleep in his truck if he had too. But, fortunately they did find a few rooms.
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Last summer when we had the tornado blow through here they sent trucks from surrounding states. As we would see them arrive it gave everyone warm fuzzies. Everyone we passed we thanked for traveling to help

In WDW for Hurricane Irma days before she blew in trucks from states far away were staged in anticipation of Irma. They were housed and fed at Disney resorts. Thankfully for guests and CMs there were very few power issues on Disney Property and the trucks were dispatched throughout Florida that lost power. But it was a sight to see a sea of power trucks at Epcot. And a comfort to guests like...we gotchua ❤️

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93boomer

93boomer

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Gabe1 said:
Last summer when we had the tornado blow through here they sent trucks from surrounding states. As we would see them arrive it gave everyone warm fuzzies. Everyone we passed we thanked for traveling to help

In WDW for Hurricane Irma days before she blew in trucks from states far away were staged in anticipation of Irma. They were housed and fed at Disney resorts. Thankfully for guests and CMs there were very few power issues on Disney Property and the trucks were dispatched throughout Florida that lost power. But it was a sight to see a sea of power trucks at Epcot. And a comfort to guests like...we gotchua ❤️

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Aww thanks for putting that up! ❤️Right back at ‘cha!
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Been a blessed couple months for my DD.

Being sent first by her University to to attend a convention held at Disney and then scholarship’d to attend a Disney sponsored conference for data analytics. She is in Grad school for computer science engineering and her Heart` is on the analytics side. 2/3 of the conference was Disney employees from around the country. Guest speakers were famous people in related fields and works. Excellent keynote speakers.

Upon her return to work at the University yesterday her presence was requested about an hour away today to attend a special data meeting. The invite came to her directly by email and her boss knew nothing of it. Upon arrival she recognized a few of the 11 people, important University people. *thinking to herself why am I here* She then hears a familiar voice. Her former bosses boss and that lady liked her from the day she started in 2015. Apparently the woman heard through the grapevine that my DD was in a Masters program at a different University than where they work. The training session today was Google employees training the upper tier on data mining and analytics. The woman wanted my DD there to listen to what Google had to say. My DD has been promoted twice since hired and really within that department there is no where but her bosses job to advance to. She got the feeling today she is likely to get plucked to move up into the more elite end of the Univerity staff.

It’s been an awesome few weeks for her. I’m. Going to try and pull some of the conference photos. It was held in the Main Convention Center at the Contemporary and I’ll post a few in my trip report. After day one that evening they sent the attendees on a special adventure.
 
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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
As I was reading, for a minute I thought you got hurt, but thank goodness it was just a building. Hopefully the damage gets fixed quickly.
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No, I was nowhere near it (about 10 miles north) by the time it passed in front of our office building (about 6:45-ish last night), caught the wires, and drug everything a good way down the road. Only one coworker was still at the office at the time, and he said he really didn’t hear anything...the power just went out. He didn’t realize what was goin’ on ‘til he left the office shortly thereafter.
I left for the office around 11:30a and got to the area just after noon...but, the road was still blocked off before our building. So close, but they wouldn’t let me in and we’re turning everyone around. I turned around and parked in the shade under a tree in a convenience store parking lot just to the east to wait. Finally, they moved the road block far enough west to where I could access the parking lot of the complex next to our building, and then access our upper parking lot via a side road between us.
They finally got the offending truck and heavy equipment out of there about 2:30-ish and reopened the road to thru traffic.
But, the crews were still working on further repairs when I left the office about 6:10-ish.
And, fortunately, there was no damage to our building, as all those utilities are well in front of our upper parking lot.
One partner, and 4 coworkers never made it to work.

Anyway, thanks for your concern...!!! :)
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
On the bright side, you won’t fall behind on a project. ;)
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Indeed!!!
I’m actually even ahead of schedule this week ...so far...!!! ;):)
But, this business is just so crazy-unpredictable...
Clients dreams vs. their budget realities, deciding whether or not to do an early elevation rendering before they even sign off on the floor plan, thus wasting time if they have major changes/revisions, etc., etc., etc.

As I’ve posted before, I have never liked puzzles...jigsaw, Rubics Cubes, wire, any kind of puzzle. But, what do I do for a living...? put 6-7 figure $$$$$$$ puzzles together every workday of my life...!!!!!!! :joyfull::hilarious:
But, these are fun and cool puzzles, that, so many of, I still drive by up in the hills on my way to and from the office every workday...many from as far back as the early 80’s...!!!!!!! :happy::)
Apparently, I don’t have a problem with those kinds of “puzzles”...!!!!!!! :hilarious:;):)
 

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