Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power

[Richard Symonds-3]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18656648 

Just so you all know: because of the weather, I suspect that the Wikimania team may be a little busy at present!

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[Thomas Dalton]

On 30 June 2012 23:06, Richard Symonds <[hidden email]> wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18656648
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> Just so you all know: because of the weather, I suspect that the Wikimania
> team may be a little busy at present!

Just so long as there aren't any volcanoes near DC...

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[James Hare]

Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.

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On Jun 30, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Richard Symonds <[hidden email]> wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18656648 

Just so you all know: because of the weather, I suspect that the Wikimania team may be a little busy at present!

Richard Symonds

Wikimedia UK

0207 065 0992

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[Andrew Lih-2]

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM, James Hare <[hidden email]> wrote:

Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.

And off-the-grid Wikimania... now there's an intriguing concept. :)

-Andrew

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[Craig Franklin-2]

I always do wonder, when I attend WM events and most people are
fiddling around with their laptops instead of paying attention to the
speaker, exactly how different things would be if we tried banning
computers from one of our events for a day.

Not going to happen, but nice to think about ;-)

On 1 July 2012 12:28, Andrew Lih <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM, James Hare <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.
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> And off-the-grid Wikimania... now there's an intriguing concept. :)
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> -Andrew
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[Andrew Lih-2]

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Craig Franklin <[hidden email]> wrote:

I always do wonder, when I attend WM events and most people are
fiddling around with their laptops instead of paying attention to the
speaker, exactly how different things would be if we tried banning
computers from one of our events for a day.

Not going to happen, but nice to think about ;-)

Just like there's an adult swim at pools, an "Analog Day" at Wikimania would be fascinating. 

Actually, the final beach party last year in Israel was very water-oriented, food-laden, and analog. :)

-Andrew

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On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Lih <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM, James Hare <[hidden email]> wrote:

Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.

And off-the-grid Wikimania... now there's an intriguing concept. :)

Still can't buy gasoline or groceries or use my mobile phone, but got power back :) and expect things back to normal soon.

In the decades I've lived in DC with all our snowmaggedons and hurricanes, I've never seen anything so bizarre here with such widespread effects.  It's anything but normal.

For folks coming here, good idea to bring light clothing, drink plenty of water, enjoy the air conditioning in the venue, museums, etc. and if there are thunderstorms, obviously, don't be outside.  

Cheers,

Katie

 

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[WereSpielChequers-2]

Much of last years wikimedia conference in India was without WiFi, we had to talk to each other instead. I think the lack of WiFi made it a better conference and would suggest for future events that we pick one or two lounge areas where we don't even try to get WiFi working.

WSC

On 1 July 2012 03:59, Andrew Lih <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Craig Franklin <[hidden email]> wrote:

I always do wonder, when I attend WM events and most people are
fiddling around with their laptops instead of paying attention to the
speaker, exactly how different things would be if we tried banning
computers from one of our events for a day.

Not going to happen, but nice to think about ;-)

Just like there's an adult swim at pools, an "Analog Day" at Wikimania would be fascinating. 

Actually, the final beach party last year in Israel was very water-oriented, food-laden, and analog. :)

-Andrew

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