OT: The Thread About Nothing Part 200: Where does the time go?

[PALE PWNR]

Sad news out of Hoboken, hope everyone is safe.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Hope everyone here and affiliated with the Devils are safe.

 

[New Jersey Devils]

Completely forgot that the Hoboken station don't have raised platforms like you'd see on the subway or other commuter trains. It's at ground level. Train wouldn't have had to be be going that fast to cause that kind of damage since it just went through the barricade.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Completely forgot that the Hoboken station don't have raised platforms like you'd see on the subway or other commuter trains. It's at ground level. Train wouldn't have had to be be going that fast to cause that kind of damage since it just went through the barricade.

It would appear either a medical emergency or intentional by the engineer.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Only 1 dead so far is a minor miracle. Thank god.

 

[The Wumpus]

I arrived at Hoboken Terminal via light rail about 15 min after the wreck (with no idea that anything had happened). Very bad scene. Many injured people in the plaza outside being tended to. Everyone at my office seems to be accounted for, thankfully.

Huge emergency response and news presence around the station mid-day. I'd be surprised if the station was up and running again any time soon.

When a major news story like this occurs in a place you are very familiar with, it really shows how bad a lot of new coverage is, especially the early reports. Something to keep in mind whenever following a story elsewhere.

 

[The Wumpus]

Only 1 dead so far is a minor miracle. Thank god.

The platform can be absolutely jammed with people when one or more trains are letting out. It seems like that wasn't the case at the time, which is extremely fortunate given that it was rush hour.

 

[Burner Account]

The platform can be absolutely jammed with people when one or more trains are letting out. It seems like that wasn't the case at the time, which is extremely fortunate given that it was rush hour.

I would say at 8:45 the station is past its peak traffic. I think most of the NJ commuters that need to be at a desk in lower Manhattan by 9 have passed through Hoboken terminal by 8:30. Had this been a half hour earlier it could have been much worse. Thankfully, that's just hypothetical.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Hurricane Matthew might reach Cat 5. Hasn't been one of those in the east in about a decade.

 

[JimEIV]

I've been experimenting with UV resins for a little while now and I love the stuff.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Hurricane Matthew might reach Cat 5. Hasn't been one of those in the east in about a decade.

Next Saturday arrival to our area you think?

 

[njdevsfn95]

There's about a 10-35% chance that it has a 90% chance of being in our vicinity by Saturday.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

There's about a 10-35% chance that it has a 90% chance of being in our vicinity by Saturday.

so a 65-90% chance that nothing happens worth worrying about.

 

[Bleedred]

I saw a computer model earlier that had the GFS model taking it to a very similar path that Irene went in 2011, but then the next update had the GFS and pretty much every other model going well out to sea.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I've been experimenting with UV resins for a little while now and I love the stuff.

I'd eat that if there wasnt a hook in it.

Next Saturday arrival to our area you think?

It would be more like Sunday, but fortunately most of the spaghetti plot members have the storm going OTS.

 

[njdevils1982]

I'd eat that if there wasnt a hook in it.

you would eat UV resin?

 

[BenedictGomez]

Both Vin Scully & Dick Enberg retired today. Two sports voices I've heard for literally my entire life.

Strange how you miss the great voices/commentators. Pat Summerall and John Madden are another two I miss.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016...f-for-final-time-as-giants-clinch-postseason/

 

[Devils Dominion]

Both Vin Scully & Dick Enberg retired today. Two sports voices I've heard for literally my entire life.

Strange how you miss the great voices/commentators. Pat Summerall and John Madden are another two I miss.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016...f-for-final-time-as-giants-clinch-postseason/

All iconic.
I miss Keith Jackson too.

Going way back, Rizzuto, Bill White.

 

[tr83]

Oh my....Enberg was fantastic.

As a met fan I miss McCarver and Kiner.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Oh my....Enberg was fantastic.

As a met fan I miss McCarver and Kiner.

They were great. There were times I thought Kiner was 1/2 in the bag by the 7th inning. Used to like Kiner's Corner after the game when I was a kid too.

 

[JimEIV]

I don't like the looks of this Matthew. Funny though, Obama promised to shutdown Guantanamo. Matthew might just do it.

Guantanamo looks like its going to get blasted.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I don't like the looks of this Matthew. Funny though, Obama promised to shutdown Guantanamo. Matthew might just do it.

Guantanamo looks like its going to get blasted.

Updated track probability.

 

[tr83]

Updated track probability.

Notably absent is the ECMWF model which is the most accurate of the models in the last half decade or so.

 

[JimEIV]

Quick lunch time tie.

I've been going baitfish crazy lately.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Matthew indeed looking like a bad time one way or another.