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Video of why a couple of inches of snow in Portland is dangerous

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on January 16, 2007

Go watch this video (update: embedded from YouTube below, so you can just watch it here) - it was all over the local evening news shows tonight - about what the roads turn into when a couple of inches of snow falls in Portland. The roads don’t get cleared, and people just aren’t used to driving in it.

It’s even funnier if you make pinball noises while you watch.

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1 b!X
January 17, 2007 at 2:11 am

It wasn’t just all over the local news. The national news nets had it, too.
2 Celeste Spencer
January 17, 2007 at 1:00 pm

Too awesome!!! Thanks for sharing.
3 J
January 19, 2007 at 3:45 am

… seems like some people don’t have TV and think it is a smart idea to get in the car. Stay home! Yesterday in the Netherlands (Fox News has some nice YouTubes about that country, but that is a another story) people went out and six did not surrive a bit of windy weather.
4 Astronaut94
January 20, 2007 at 4:32 pm

I made this video - http://youtube.com/watch?v=w8fkPEck0vM

Comment on it please.

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I owe a lot of people replies to Twitter questions, etc. I’ll get to you, I promise. Just swamped with email and other stuff. #
@glynor http://twitpic.com/3lb6 - @chrispirillo is entitled to his opinion. But he’s wrong. The feel of the new iPhone is MUCH bette … #
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@Ihnatko What is this “secret” Flickr iPhone web app you speak of? Do want. #
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Need a cool new geeky nice looking wallpaper for my iPhone 3G. Give me suggestions? #
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iPhone 2.0 update done, rebooted, restoring my data now. Can’t wait to play in the App Store! What are the “can’t miss” apps? #
@mungara @jmoriarty MobileMe is for suckers! $100 a year for stuff you can get from Google for free, plus 20GB storage? Please! #
Holy crap! OmniFocus for iPhone is $19.99? Ouch! #
Playing with iPhone apps on the train downtown. It’s like Christmas! I’m so excited I can’t stand it! #
http://twitpic.com/3g9o #
http://friendfeed.com/iphone/ (posting via the new Twitterific bookmarklet - this rocks!) #
@LeStew oops. Phone was upside down! That’s how excited I am! #
Pro tip: use “take pictures directly” in Twitterific options. Its off by default. http://twitpic.com/3gah #
iPhone apps over EDGE is kinda painful. 3G is gonna be WELL worth it (as is precise GPS). #
The Facebook iPhone app is pretty neat. The Friends view could easily be my full time address book/contacts app. #
The AIM app would be more useful to me if 1) it used its federation with Google Talk, and 2) if I had more than 2 AIM buddies. #
Yikes. Twitterrific just rebooted my iPhone… #
Sitting outside the Pioneer Place Apple Store: http://twitpic.com/3gsn #
@Jmartens no, I just happened to be down here. I’ll be at the Hillsboro AT&T store bright and early! #
Ran into @donpdonp at Pioneer Place: http://twitpic.com/3gyn #
So what iPhone game should I buy? I like words and puzzles more than action and frustration. Suggestions welcome. #
Twittedific has rebooted my iPhone 3 times now. Going to stop using it until there’s a fix. @chockenberry, let me know how I can help debug. #
Er, that’s Twitterrific that’s rebooted my phone 3 times. Frustrating. #
@spinnerin is in the same room as me. Let’s see if Twitterrific knows! #
Psst! Save the date - Ignite Portland 4 will be Thursday, November 13. Same great venue, even more burning ideas! http://tinyurl.com/6rkvyt #
Going to bed. 4AM is going to roll around mighty quick. Then, let the festivities begin! I wonder if I’ll be #1 in line again? #
@turoczy I share Silicon Florist stuff because it’s awesome, timely, informative, well-written, and relevant. I should thank YOU. #
Whoa. Just got a $0 iTunes Receipt email for the dozens of free iPhone apps I “bought” today. #

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@rachelbancroft had an evil-but-hilarious idea: I should wear my “I’m Blogging This” shirt to jury orientation this morning. #
Arrived early at the courthouse. At least there’s wifi (they were very coy as to whether it would or wouldn’t be available on their site). #
I take it back. There was wifi outside the courthouse, but none that my iPhone can seem to connect to in the jury room (Washington County). #
@spaz looks like the first Twitted client with bit.ly support. That was fast! #
Awesome 80s video on why jury duty is so important. Now, waiting, waiting, waiting to see if I get picked for a trial. #
@marusin They seem to follow airport security rules here. Didn’t make me take off my shoes, but they did examine a lady’s water bottle. #
Wasn’t picked for the first case. As starry-eyed as it sounds, I hope I DO get picked. I believe in this process, and want to participate. #
OH in the jury room: “Facebook is a snobby version of MySpace.” (aside: wish I’d brought headphones to shut out unwanted conversations) #
Someone just taught “Facebook is snobby” girl how to use Google SMS. She’s ecstatic. You’d think she’d been taught dark magic. #
I got picked! Lunch now at a little Thai place across the street, then, radio silence. #
Shutting down for the trial. See you on the other side! #
Well, the trial got carried over until tormorrow, so the judge came down and dismissed us. Anti-climactic, but nice to get the day back. #
@corvida No, that means I have fulfilled my jury duty obligation for at least 2 years. The lady’s doing a “stipulated facts” trial tmrw. #
@jmoriarty Yikes! 9 months would have been harsh. I could have been picked for a grand jury, if they needed one. That sits for 1 month. #
@verso Egad! I guess that’s one way to get excused from a jury. #
@jmoriarty @britopian Something scary like murder would have been bad. The case I had was a homeless woman busted for riding MAX w/o fare. #
When the judge came down to dismiss us, she gave a very detailed explanation of the case (the woman had been off meds, lost it in court) :-O #
@scottjedwards The trial never happened, and I was excused. The judge didn’t tell us NOT to talk about the case, so I think I’m good. #
@jmoriarty Very brave of you to speak out against Twitter censoring ?????. I agree that people will find ????? if they want to. Why censor? #
I came THIS close to getting picked for a trial about ????? this morning at jury duty, but they took one look at my tshirt and… #
@annierodkins I’m wearing a shirt that says “????? THE SYSTEM!!!” #
Retweeting @mattking TriMet Tracker for iPhone has received a major update. PDX iPhoners check it out! http://tinyurl.com/6zcyys #
@kellyrfeller LOL! You must be on their whitelist, since your tweet didn’t get ????? censored. Nice! #
Clear evidence of Twitter’s blatant censoring of ????? and ?????: http://tinyurl.com/6l447o #
@gialyons @kellyrfeller @jmoriarty Why not meet at the Legion of Talk event on the 21st? It’s at a bar! http://tinyurl.com/66tf64 #
@verso I’ll play Guitar Wii-ro with you some time. All my Wii game friend codes are here: http://tinyurl.com/5jehrg #
A post I wrote in 2006, “Apple Mighty Mouse Won’t Scroll Down” STILL gets several real, valid comments per week: http://tinyurl.com/6zqymp #
@harrisja If you’re not going to iBendOver to AT&T, who are you iBendingOver for now? Cell carriers are all equally slimy. #
@harrisja Sure you can go month to month with AT&T. You just don’t get the subsidy discount (though I know the joy of being out of contract) #
@harrisja And at least with ANYONE OTHER THAN T-Mobile, you could, you know, have a fast 3G data network. *zing!* #
@harrisja It’s unclear whether the App Store will run on jailbroken/unlocked iPhones. Prolly not. I’m sure we’ll know on Friday! #
I wonder how much money I’ve saved Apple (in support time and replacement hw) with this post? http://tinyurl.com/2csv38 They owe me some $$! #
@samgrover I had heard that the Intel discount will work on the new iPhone plans (it didn’t on the old ones). I’m very happy for that. #
Hmm. Will the iPhone 2.0 OS update and the App Store go live on Thursday, before 3G launch? TechCrunch sez so: http://tinyurl.com/594re7 #
Sorry, @chrisheuer, but I think Social Media Club has Nuked the Fridge: http://tinyurl.com/6godcr #
@chrisheuer Whoa, I “choose to attack before I understand”? That’s kind of rude. I tried to understand what you’re doing. I don’t get it. #
@chrisheuer What format would you like to opinion/criticism to take, so that it’s more palatable to you? #
@chrisheuer WTF is with the passive agressive act, dude? Am I not allowed to express my opinion on my blog if it’s different that yours? #
Why some people choose to get defensive instead of accepting criticism is beyond me, but this it the world we live in. #
@chrisheuer You’re choosing to take SMC in a corporate direction. I get that. But it makes me sad. It’s opposite of what I thought SMC was. #
@kristiewells You say SMC isn’t corporate. I think the BoD news sounds like it could have come from any corporation. I guess we disagree. #
@clint Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra. #
@chrisheuer I do follow you on Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/5drhs8 #
I hereby give the entire internet permission to tell me when I say/do something stupid or wrong. But please don’t attack me personally. #
On a lighter note, this is very funny (worth a few minutes laughs): http://tinyurl.com/2hzwn #

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