Today was better than yesterday. More gas stations open, fewer lines, both at the gas stations and the grocery stores. Fewer blocked roads. But the power is still off (I type this with deep gratitude to my 20KW standby generator, but it still costs about $150 in propane per day to run, ouch.). Lots of places are still closed. It's still a little dicey to get around.
But tomorrow will be better than today.
In the meantime, on tour in DC in July is, as others have noted, brutal. Lots and lots of crowds. In recent years, the percentage of foreigners visiting our fair capital at this time of year has risen dramatically. Folks from certain cultures can be a bit more aggressive with their crowd behavior than that to which many of us are accustomed.
The weather will add to this the first part of this week - temperatures in the 90s and 30% chance of thunderstorms. Which means, it will be thunderstorming somewhere in the DC area pretty much throughout the day.
The addition of having lots of places without power doesn't improve the situation.
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In the meantime, on tour in DC in July is, as others have noted, brutal. Lots and lots of crowds. In recent years, the percentage of foreigners visiting our fair capital at this time of year has risen dramatically. Folks from certain cultures can be a bit more aggressive with their crowd behavior than that to which many of us are accustomed.
The weather will add to this the first part of this week - temperatures in the 90s and 30% chance of thunderstorms. Which means, it will be thunderstorming somewhere in the DC area pretty much throughout the day.
The addition of having lots of places without power doesn’t improve the situation.
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Thank you for your perspective,
Frankly, I would not go to DC unless it was March or April. Tooooo hooooot
In the meantime, on tour in DC in July is, as others have noted, brutal. Lots and lots of crowds. In recent years, the percentage of foreigners visiting our fair capital at this time of year has risen dramatically. Folks from certain cultures can be a bit more aggressive with their crowd behavior than that to which many of us are accustomed.
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Did not realize that there are foreign visitor issues. Any particular countries?
My generator is only 9KW, but I can run it for 24 hours on $25.