Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Books Featuring Frigid, Icy Worlds Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:50:36 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:50:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0e8a0336d745587ffbaf8706735ced55"; logging-data="2705707"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19qc0kRIA5p90lRzvE8sCfWN32FF7KKSXw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:m3J/FSLBVLa+FFnXEW7QkFo37g4= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2385 On 7/18/2024 12:15 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote: > On 18/07/2024 07.50, John Savard wrote: >> On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:18:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire >> wrote: >> >>> That is awesome compared to Hurricane Ike which had major areas >>> without power for up to six weeks. >> >> Hurricane Ike destroyed stuff that had to be replaced. >> >> I presume this outage is due to too many people turning on their air >> conditioning at once, so all they have to do is flip the breakers. > > You somehow missed hearing anything about Beryl? > > > > "[...]  The second named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane > of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Beryl broke many meteorological > records for the months of June and July, primarily for its unusual > location, > intensity, and longevity." We have been living the dream of Beryl down here in Houston for almost two weeks now. Lived on the genny for four days. Walking outside, it was a concert of genny's in all directions. Lynn