That's ironic like rain on your wedding day.Quote:
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That's ironic like rain on your wedding day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Y
HOLY FUCKING SHIT IM WASTED RIGHT NOW
You type pretty well considering. Your bitch should come later today with the hangover.
My Uverse DVR rebooted itself and wiped all my recorded shows. Not much, but sucks thinking its unreliable for long term storage of media.
Spent 9 hours today removing, rebuilding, and reinstalling the power steering pump and hoses in my car. Thought I had it fixed... but it still leaks fluid (can't figure out where) onto the exhaust manifold, causing it to burn and smoke. Plus no power steering which makes driving nearly impossible. Time to take it to a pro on Monday.
even if you would have found the leak, can you really reliably replace something like that in your car?
I'm all in for do-it-yourself and shit, but the engine?
my bitch: I was supposed to have an interview for a research assistant position today, but the professor didn't respond to any of my e-mails asking when to meet her. even though she was the one to suggest Sunday. (I even prematurely ended my shitty job for it).
I need to get a start on my career path, whatever the shit it's going to be.
The power steering components aren't really a part of the engine, more a part of the suspension and steering controls. The pump is only tied to the engine in that it is driven by a belt that turns with the turning of the engine. At this point it's probably just a leaking hose somewhere in the system, but I can't identify it without getting it on a lift. There are hoses that connect the power steering pump to the steering rack and back to the fluid reservoir. If the rack is leaking, that gets expensive to replace (difficult to service yourself, though I haven't researched it) but not too bad, around $300 for a re-manufactured rack, plus labor to get it installed, which involves a bit of suspension work.
An interview on a Sunday? I guess that's normal considering your people don't consider Sunday a holy day. Hopefully you didn't send too many email and scared her off. Just check with her tomorrow and hopefully it works out.
Fuck you hurricanes!
(And power companies that fix the wealthiest areas first.)
Hope you're doing okay down there, Ryllharu.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryllharu
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but seriously - i hope that everything is ok in there.
Hahah that's so wrong, but awesome. Modern media blows everything out of proportion to sell news, it's ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xelbair
I thought a couple of hundred people died?
Edit: No my bad, it's in the 50s. Still, the danger was there.
118 total, 50 in the US. Sorry, but if you can't not die from some wind and flooding, you were doomed anyway.
Just wow. Really wow
If i had a friend or a family member who had died to this i'd honestly be doxing you and thinking of places where to dump the body.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
Yeah that was a bit insensitive on my part. Damn you internet anonymity, letting us get away with talking all kinds of shit with no fear of repercussions!
Sandy hit Cuba too if i remember right - why news are talking only about US? what about other hurricanes/cyclones that hit smaller countries(with bigger 'body count')? no one mentions them in news....
Evidently a lot of the dead were killed by falling trees. I wonder how fast a tree falls when it gets pushed over by a gust of wind. I can't imagine it'd fall very fast, what with the roots still holding on.
Falling on houses, cars etc. You also have to take into account high wind, rain and low visibility. This is a hurricane, not some particularly strong gust of wind that just happens to push over random trees. It also doesn't take a giant oak tree to hurt/kill someone, anything that just had been planted within 3-7 years can be uprooted in seconds if the wind is strong enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
I recommend you go do some research if you're particularly interested in the subject, because you really don't seem to know much about it.
A tree doesn't need to fall with the roots intact either. They often snap in the middle if the wind is especially strong. So, it can be 10 meters of tree falling from the sky, unhindered by any roots.
Animeniax is right along the lines that wasnt the end of the world or anything but I dont think the media coverage was overblown for this hurricane specifically, my family has lived in NY for 20+ years and they've never seen anything nearly as bad as this. Definitely the worst storm in a very long time as far as I can tell. Fucking trees are everywhere.