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Got stuck on the bus for three hours this morning, because Houston Metro Transit Authority was too stupid to realize you shouldn't send buses down an enclosed HOV lane (with no possibility to turn around) when there's 8+ feet of water over the terminus of the HOV lane due to Buffalo Bayou flooding. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

They had to close down a section of I-10 to allow a fleet of replacement buses to come along-side the HOV lane, then transport us into Downtown.

I saw that fiasco as I drove to work... My wife called and said the water is continuing to rise there and that some of the cars are now under water.

notabob

Apr 28, 2009 11:16 am

Afternoon, Box! 90 around Boston today - that's just insane. Almost makes me want to go back to Bogota.

Instead, I'm burning up all of my expiring US miles and heading to TUS this weekend, where it's at least a dry 9:rolleyes:

Hartmann

Apr 28, 2009 11:16 am

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11658931)

That's inexcusable, especially since opening the HOV lanes requires a Metro employee to drive the full length of the lane and manually move gates. They should have been fully aware of the situation with that flooding.

They must have opened the downtown gate first, around 4:30am, before it flooded and then drove out to the gates on the north side.

At any rate, it appears that the White Oak and Buffalo Bayou confluence has just about reached the roadway at I-45 north and I-10 west.

http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/l...North_at_IH_10
http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/l...at_HOUSTON_AVE

fozz	Apr 28, 2009 11:22 am

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11658901)

At one time I thought so too, but then I flew a 738 delivered after about the first 5-6 739-ERs were delivered, and it had the old seats. Others have posted the same here.

I stand corrected. Interesting... they must have a warehouse of the old seats somewhere.

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Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11658918)

Im sorry but that would never happen on Southwest All Planes have :rolleyes:OD

Or they give you a zillion miles for compensation.

ssullivan

Apr 28, 2009 11:29 am

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Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 11658961)

That's true. They do open the gates at the end of the HOV and work backward to the start of the lane. I didn't think about the water still rising.

Xyzzy

Apr 28, 2009 11:31 am

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11659004)

I stand corrected. Interesting... they must have a warehouse of the old seats somewhere.

I've got two in my office :eek: :p :p

belynch

Apr 28, 2009 11:32 am

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Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11658899)

he was able to score employee pricing

:D For the record the woman thought I was an employee of IAH and not Shipley. I can only aspire to that.

I had to giggle at the thought of a "surrogate otter" trying to manage a fleet of IIlyushin's and Tupolev's transporting yak herders throughout the 'stans.

Steve GadFly

Apr 28, 2009 11:32 am

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.11) Sprint:SPH-i325 320x240)

Just lost all internet, phone, and TV so I'm stuck doing everything on my 1/2 charged PDA. Thanks a lot Comcast! They'd better get this up and running soon.

photog72

Apr 28, 2009 11:37 am

Houston Flooding

Why does this city flood so much? Growing up in south Florida, we had tons of rain, but never this much flooding. At least it knocked the swine flu off the top of the newscasts. You wouldn't even know there was a swine flu if you saw the news today.

Xyzzy

Apr 28, 2009 11:38 am

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Originally Posted by Steve GadFly (Post 11659063)

Just lost all internet, phone, and TV so I'm stuck doing everything on my 1/2 charged PDA. Thanks a lot Comcast! They'd better get this up and running soon.

Comcast is the epitome of :rolleyes:. In the last week alone they have...

Disconnected our home service by not paying attention and terminating the wrong service
Called and left cryptic a message to call them back about who knows what
Refused mail from my mail server (Which is hosted by C:rolleyes:mcast) and then claimed that they were not blocking anything (they've done this before)

photog72

Apr 28, 2009 11:39 am

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Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 11659095)

Comcast is the epitome of :rolleyes:. In the last week alone they have...

Disconnected our home service by not paying attention and terminating the wrong service
Called and left cryptic a message to call them back about who knows what
Refused mail from my mail server (Which is hosted by C:rolleyes:mcast) and then claimed that they were not blocking anything (they've done this before)

Why do people even subscribe to them?:rolleyes:

rolov

Apr 28, 2009 11:41 am

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 11659104)

Why do people even subscribe to them?

Sometimes you have no choice, I live in a comcast area and FIOS is not available, and I can't really put a dish on my roof or out the window of the apartment . The board for the Condo Association at Del Boca Vista Phase :rolleyes: voted no.

MBM3	Apr 28, 2009 11:41 am

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Originally Posted by COFlyerCLE (Post 11658870)

And MBM3! I have no idea why either of them didn't make it into that production :rolleyes:

Oh you make me blush! :D

Xyzzy

Apr 28, 2009 11:42 am

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 11659104)

Why do people even subscribe to them?:rolleyes:

Until recently, they were the only game in town for TV. I recently dumped them for Internet access.

By the way, I called the number that the Comcast message told me to call ("Urgent message...") and found it was just a voicemail maze. With no idea what I was calling about I decided to just hang up.

AMF in NJ

Apr 28, 2009 11:43 am

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Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11658899)

belynch is a Shipley's Legend as he was able to score employee pricing

We should call him the DunkinInsider since he was able to score a factory t:rolleyes:ur.

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 11659104)

Why do people even subscribe to them?:rolleyes:

Because there is no decent alternative. :mad: Fios isn't around my neighborhood, and likely won't be for a while, so I can get 1/4 the internet for the same price and go with DirectTV, but then it's a giant hassle.

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