We got about an inch of snow this morning, with a touch of ice beneath it. People overreacted. It was 50 and raining yesterday which is sort of odd I guess. I understand we'll get bombarded tomorrow.
The Star Tribune said bus service was 10-15 minutes late this morning on account of the snow. I was 20 minutes late, and was the last of five 6 buses going down Hennepin at the same time. That's 25 minutes worth of number 6's.
The drivers got 725 buses out with 5 late according to Bob Gibbons (Metro Spokesman), who gets the stupid quote of the morning award: "That means the drivers got to work OK. They motored themselves in before they motored themselves out." Good thing nobody reads that far into stories about the previous day's weather. It's better than my response would have been if I had his job: "What? Shut up there's an inch of snow! Who cares!"
Even beating the lady who, while paying her fare, blankly said to nobody in particular "My pants are very wet."
Strib: New winter storm marches toward Twin Cities
Comments (5)
so... i'm going to be in Mpls in April... on whatever weekend the Twins are in town... so save some time... of course I can't wait to see your baby as well (as I'm sure you are)... did you see the Dodgers and the Cubs are playing at the metrodome this year? I'm not a huge fan of the interleague, but those are both teams it would be fun to see. My goal for this year: three stadiums. I'm thinking Red Sox, Mets and either Baltamore or Philly.
Posted by zakcq | November 29, 2005 9:34 PM
Posted on November 29, 2005 21:34
i have to believe the cubs and the dodgers would look very funny playing in the dome.
philly's new park is supposed to be cool. baltimore is a classic, of course.
Posted by ryan | November 29, 2005 9:52 PM
Posted on November 29, 2005 21:52
Hmmm. So doesn't the number 6 run like every 20 minutes anyway? So if you were like 20 minutes late, wouldn't that make you ON TIME??? woah. . . I can't handle that.
Posted by Anna | November 30, 2005 11:48 AM
Posted on November 30, 2005 11:48
no the 6 runs every 5 minutes at that time of day. 10 minutes the rest of the day. now that's service!
Posted by ryan | November 30, 2005 7:57 PM
Posted on November 30, 2005 19:57
the new issue of metropolis has stroller reviews. thought you might like to know.
--------Posted by zakcq | November 30, 2005 8:43 PM
Posted on November 30, 2005 20:43