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Friday Nonsense Post
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malasadas.livejournal.comWhat's the weirdest news of the day?
I nominate:
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ITS FIRST CRUISE LINER.
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I nominate:
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ITS FIRST CRUISE LINER.
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2/9/11
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paft.livejournal.comIf it's inappropriate, I understand, but I think it's really, really cool and I wanted to share this.
Here in San Francisco, when people refer to ”that film about Market Street,” most of us know immediately what film that is. Apparently in 1906 – just days before the quake – the Miles brothers mounted a camera in the front of a streetcar and filmed the trip from 8th street down to the ferry building. It was meant as a promotion, so in some ways it’s an atypical glimpse of Market Street. They’d hired several cars to make Market look busier and more “modern” I suppose, and you’ll see the same automobiles circling about and weaving in and out of traffic. Many of the people they pass are probably reacting, not only to the sight of the camera, but to the parade of autos, which were still something of a curiosity. I especially love the newsboys who keep running in and out of traffic, at one point pursuing one of the cars. Watch the film and you’ll be struck by the apparent nonexistence of traffic laws or crosswalks. Market Street was apparently used almost as much by pedestrians as it was by streetcars, drays, bicycles, and the occasional horseman.
There are numerous versions on Youtube, but this is my favorite because I think the music captures a certain “ghostliness.” If, indeed it was done just days before the ’06 quake, then many of the people we see were no longer alive a week later. One survivor of the quake who could conceivably be in this film is my great grandmother, the beautiful "Tuce" who was visiting San Francisco and staying at the St. Francis.
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Here in San Francisco, when people refer to ”that film about Market Street,” most of us know immediately what film that is. Apparently in 1906 – just days before the quake – the Miles brothers mounted a camera in the front of a streetcar and filmed the trip from 8th street down to the ferry building. It was meant as a promotion, so in some ways it’s an atypical glimpse of Market Street. They’d hired several cars to make Market look busier and more “modern” I suppose, and you’ll see the same automobiles circling about and weaving in and out of traffic. Many of the people they pass are probably reacting, not only to the sight of the camera, but to the parade of autos, which were still something of a curiosity. I especially love the newsboys who keep running in and out of traffic, at one point pursuing one of the cars. Watch the film and you’ll be struck by the apparent nonexistence of traffic laws or crosswalks. Market Street was apparently used almost as much by pedestrians as it was by streetcars, drays, bicycles, and the occasional horseman.
There are numerous versions on Youtube, but this is my favorite because I think the music captures a certain “ghostliness.” If, indeed it was done just days before the ’06 quake, then many of the people we see were no longer alive a week later. One survivor of the quake who could conceivably be in this film is my great grandmother, the beautiful "Tuce" who was visiting San Francisco and staying at the St. Francis.
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ddstory.livejournal.comWhat are your favestest songs of old? I mean pre-90's. Got some music vids to share?
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dreadfulpenny81.livejournal.comI'm late but since it's still Friday, I figured I'd contribute my own lulzy goodness, which was introduced to me by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
badlydrawnjeff.
Hurricanes are horrible natural disasters that destroy human life, but at least people can find some sense of normalcy when the lights of the Waffle House shine bright.
badlydrawnjeff.When a hurricane makes landfall, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relies on a couple of metrics to assess its destructive power.Full story from the Wall Street Journal
First, there is the well-known Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. Then there is what he calls the "Waffle House Index."
Green means the restaurant is serving a full menu, a signal that damage in an area is limited and the lights are on. Yellow means a limited menu, indicating power from a generator, at best, and low food supplies. Red means the restaurant is closed, a sign of severe damage in the area or unsafe conditions.
"If you get there and the Waffle House is closed?" FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate has said. "That's really bad. That's where you go to work."
Hurricanes are horrible natural disasters that destroy human life, but at least people can find some sense of normalcy when the lights of the Waffle House shine bright.