avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) (01/17/90)
Well, it is expected to be 65 degrees F in Washington today. In the 60s tomorrow also. (Yesterday it also got above 60.) What does this mean for the weather next week? Not a blessed thing.... Bring snow shoes. :-) Fred
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (01/18/90)
In article <2881@decuac.DEC.COM> avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) writes: >Well, it is expected to be 65 degrees F in Washington today. In the >60s tomorrow also. (Yesterday it also got above 60.) What does this >mean for the weather next week? Not a blessed thing.... Bring snow >shoes. :-) In fact, bring snowshoes, parkas, and survival rations. Washingtonians, this is a severe weather alert. Usenix is in town, and that means a blizzard, if not several! Don't say we didn't warn you. :-) :-) :-) -- 1972: Saturn V #15 flight-ready| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 1990: birds nesting in engines | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin) (01/18/90)
In article <2881@decuac.DEC.COM>, avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) writes: > > Well, it is expected to be 65 degrees F in Washington today. In the > 60s tomorrow also. (Yesterday it also got above 60.) What does this > mean for the weather next week? Not a blessed thing.... Bring snow > shoes. :-) Fred is quite correct. By long-standing tradition, Usenix in D.C. is generally accompanied by a snowstorm. This dates back to at least 1984, when D.C Usenix was supposed to be in June, and Salt Lake City Usenix in January. These were switched, but the weather deities, figuring that everyone was planning on going skiing during the Winter Usenix, arranged for a surprise. (In D.C. people generally go skiing in their cars, generally at the sight of more than an inch of snow on the ground.) --Steve Bellovin
ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) (01/19/90)
In article <1990Jan17.174425.12657@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: Henry> In article <2881@decuac.DEC.COM> avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) writes: >Well, it is expected to be 65 degrees F in Washington today. In the >60s tomorrow also. (Yesterday it also got above 60.) What does this >mean for the weather next week? Not a blessed thing.... Bring snow >shoes. :-) Henry> In fact, bring snowshoes, parkas, and survival rations. Washingtonians, Henry> this is a severe weather alert. Usenix is in town, and that means a blizzard, Henry> if not several! Don't say we didn't warn you. :-) :-) :-) Henry> -- Henry> 1972: Saturn V #15 flight-ready| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology Henry> 1990: birds nesting in engines | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu Hmm. I always thought it was /usr/group's (uh, excuse me, UniForum's) fault that it snowed. No need to blame USENIX unneccessarily. :-) -- Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@cs.psu.edu> Voice: +1 814 863 1142 FAX: +1 814 865 3176
pat@grebyn.com (Pat Bahn) (01/19/90)
>In fact, bring snowshoes, parkas, and survival rations. Washingtonians, >this is a severe weather alert. Usenix is in town, and that means a blizzard, >if not several! Don't say we didn't warn you. :-) :-) :-) Don't forget arctic tents, sleeping bags and camp stoves. All hotel rooms book up with the people who refuse to drive six blocks in 1 inch of snow and can't possibly conceive of walking. All grocery stores are being emptied to, if you don't like frozen sausage and peanut biscuits be prepared to go hungry. Cameras and camcorders are good for comic relief when you go home. -- ============================================================================= Pat @ grebyn.com | If the human mind was simple enough to understand, 301-948-8142 | We'd be too simple to understand it. =============================================================================