Snowstorm leaves millions without power (Updates in post #249, #176, #277, #288)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/1/06 | Karen Hawkins - ap

[HIDEK6]

closure

Can I get a grammar cop's opinion on this?

I have always thought that "closure" was a noun referring to the device by which entry to something was denied. The twisted wire on the end of a loaf of bread is a "closure."

When one wishes to describe the act of closing a school (or military base, for that matter) he must use the gerund form of the verb, "to close." That form is, "closing."

Therefore, one must speak of the weather's forcing a school's closing, not a school's [?]closure[?].

[NormsRevenge]

uuhhhh, message received. over.

[tcostell]

Funny you should mention it... we literally (just yesterday) finished hooking up the auto-transfer switch for our new 22 kilowatt generator. We can power the entire house with it, and we have 36 hours of Gasoline stored for it. So you know how it is when you get a new toy... we can't wait to lose power now.

Besides, they haven't made any serious upgrades to the national power grid in over 2 decades and given the environmental sentiment, they are unlikely to change soon. that means that we should all begin to have some reliability issues where electric is concerned.

[GnuHere]

48 hours ago, I was sitting out on my deck happy as a clam, working on a puzzle book and keeping my dog amused. I was determined to get outside on what I knew was one of the last nice days we'd have.

This morning I went out and shoveled about 8 inches of snow off the same place I was sitting on Wed.
I had to find the dog's water bowl with the snow shovel - it was buried.

Enjoy while it lasts!

[300magnum]

Bush hates cold, white people. ;-)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Must be a global warming fan!

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for the link and reminder that even 'experts' can be wrong... including politicans.

[cinives]

My sentiments exactly !!!

[michigander]

Can I get a grammar cop's opinion on this?

They closed the damned things.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

These people need to learn how to park...

[Tribune7]

It's 70 degrees in suburban Philly.

Just thought you all might like to know that :-)

I heart Global Warming.

[hsmomx3]

72???? Boy, it isn't even that warm here in Phoenix! It was 27 in our backyard this morning!!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Meanwhile .....on the beach....

[NormsRevenge]

sigh,,

I just cleaned the pool, it's about 50 degrees,, the winds we had a few days ago really gunked it up.

Oh well, this to shall pass. :-)

[pleikumud]

Where's the federal guvment with free cash to the victims?

[Aquinasfan]

It's 65 here in Boston today. It's hard to imagine that it's snowing in the midwest.

[Izzy Dunne]

My right-click disctionary says thet "closure" refers to the act or process of closing something.

e.g. "road closure" or "hospitals that face closure".

Not that I am a grammar cop or anything....

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Yeah... I LOVE this global warming stuff! I think it's actually 75 today in downtown D.C. I'm in the suburbs which are normally a little cooler (72 degrees right now). It'll go back to normal (global warming done) tomorrow and Sunday - 50 degrees.

[michigander]

Yeah! I wants one of them there debit cards too.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Well...I'm in the SW Chicago area...I don't know what the inch count is...but we got the heartattack-heavy snow.

Really don't see the big deal though.

Its winter.

It snowed.

My house has heat and power, along with the most of the Midwest.

I went into work today, along with a whole bunch of other Midwesterners.

I'll spend about an hour shoveling out my front/side walk and my driveway.

I'll dress appropriately.

Oh, and here's my own personal public service announcement:

People who don't know how to drive in snow, people who just HAVE to ride your a$$ and drive at or 5 over the speed limit when the snow inhibits your vision to 3 feet in front of you, people who don't brush the snow off there car and seem to always want to change lanes and cut someone off, and people with SUVs that seem to believe that they CAN drive 50mph safely on a arterial road with 3+ inches of unplowed snow...please...by all means...STAY HOME!

That is all. Have a great day! :)