In the Blizzard of 1978, we took the whole week off. Now that we have more snow and the Internet, we just work from home. Ah progress.
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For the record, I totally called this winter weath…
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For the record, I totally called this winter weather: I bought my new tank tread snowblower in *September*.
It’s official: the snowdrifts now reach our (admit…
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It’s official: the snowdrifts now reach our (admittedly steeply pitched and therefore low) garage roof. http://t.co/HHzLPlDWVT

It can be a bit worrisome when the snow gets above…
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It can be a bit worrisome when the snow gets above the handles of the sliding doors outside…. http://t.co/lbQph8WbmS

This is what today’s storm looks like on our deck…
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This is what today’s storm looks like on our deck with as much as 5 feet of snow on it in places. http://t.co/rgeTJJSyur

Well, tomorrow is another launch window.
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Well, tomorrow is another launch window.
In the olden days, we never got to see all the saf…
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In the olden days, we never got to see all the safing procedures when the launch is scrubbed. The professionalism is impressive.
Well, That’s a scrub for today. Smart procedures m…
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Well, That’s a scrub for today. Smart procedures make for safe launches.
Very cool to watch both NASA and SpaceX video at o…
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Very cool to watch both NASA and SpaceX video at once in different windows. I couldn’t do that back in the Apollo days.
The SpaceX launch window is 1 second, so if any ho…
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The SpaceX launch window is 1 second, so if any holds occur, the launch will scrub. Exciting!