Watching Gustav from Vermont

Saturday, August 30 2008 - Vermont

I'm safely tucked away in Vermont where we'll probably just get some good rainstorms as Gustav breaks up. But a lot of people who are at a very safe distance are still watching and worrying for everyone who is in its potential path. I cannot even imagine how terrifying it must be to be to anticipate this again after living through Katrina. While everyone is trying to get out of the way, I was happy to see this in the local paper this afternoon:

Eleven Vermont ambulances raced to the Gulf Coast on Saturday to ready for Hurricane Gustav, which has killed more than 80 people in the Caribbean and is due to make landfall early Tuesday morning along Louisiana’s coast.

We've got two spare bedrooms if any of you Gulf Coast geeks are looking to get FAR FAR away ...and we're dog friendly.

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#1 Bob Archer on 8.31.2008 at 12:36 AM

Wow,> We've got two spare bedrooms if any of you Gulf Coast geeks are looking to get FAR FAR away ...and we're dog friendly.That's soo nice of you... I will send my dogs right up. Just kidding. Here in Florida we are watching too... although we are a bit more concerned about Helen than Gustav at this time.BOb

#2 Julia Lerman on 8.31.2008 at 7:04 AM

Bob,Have you ever been to Vermont? This is a really nice time of year. Just bring a sweater (not 90 degrees!) and if you get really cold the dogs are allowed on the bed. But since you're so good with EF now, I'll probably have to put you to work on my book. ;-)

#3 Bob Archer on 8.31.2008 at 1:53 PM

I lived in RI for about 25 years before I moved to FL. RI not the same as Vermont but close weather wise. I think we drove up to Vermont a couple of times to pick apples or get maple syrup or something. I not great with EF yet. Just (last week) presented my architectural proposal to the Dev manager and VP of Dev including EF, Astoria, and Sliverlight2 (almost a 100% rewrite) and wasn't laughed off the premises. (Yes our current version needs help.)So, now I have to start working on more detailed plans which will include some reference app stuff... so the questions will start rolling the next few months as I really dig in. (All this while I'm teaching myself Ruby on Rails on my Mac at home.) Yep, I love to learn new stuff.BOb

#4 Bill on 8.31.2008 at 8:57 PM

Thanks Julie. The kind thoughts mean a lot.We are just starting to get the outer feeder bands in Slidell now.

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