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On 2018-03-12 12:48 PM (-4), Stephen wrote:
> On 12/03/2018 13:23, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>> Numbers? Who has the energy for number codes? It's Compose * 0 on
>> /real/ operating systems.
>
> A Pover who cares not for numbers!
> What is the world coming to?
I do care about numbers. I just acknowledge that computers are better
at handling them than I am. Also, isn't that why god invented the
#declare directive?
> <aside>
> How is the Island?
> There was an article about the BVI, last week. It is still in a poor
> state. Was thinking about you.
I can only speak for the USVI. As close as we are to the BVI, the
political boundary does create somewhat of an information bubble.
Things are slowly getting back to normal. Pretty much all buildings
that are safe to be electrified have been energized. Still, we've had
several island-wide blackouts much more frequently than the normal rate
of island-wide blackouts. The utility company says new generators are
on the way, but considering that their reliability has not improved
since my dad was a kid, I'm not getting my hopes up. But that has
nothing to do with the hurricanes.
Phones are a different matter. Quite a few land lines have not yet been
restored. I've been seeing the utility contractors on my street for a
few weeks, but I don't actually see anything happening. I'm thinking
about canceling my land subscription, anyway, although other household
members will continue to use land services. In the meantime, I'm
getting Internet through a local wireless ISP. It costs more and is
slower on paper, but at least it exists, and the phone company wasn't
delivering anything close to advertized speeds anyway.
Sprint is back up and running. Ironically, they now seem to be
performing better than before the storm, as many of their customers fled
to AT%T, which now seems to be struggling with the increased customer
load. The local phone company is also upgrading its mobile services, so
I may consider that if and when I tell them to cancel the land line.
Rebuilding is proceeding slowly. I haven't seen a noticeable decrease
in the number of tarped roofs. Some hotels won't reopen until 2019.
Many schools were badly damaged, and many of the remaining schools are
hosting students from the damaged schools. At least one school has been
condemned, and is now being used as a debris storage depot.
Cruise ships started returning in November. At that time, it was
forecast that we would get about half the normal number of calls this
season.
Roads have been patched. Although many of them are still in pretty bad
shape, they are at least passable.
Presi^H^H^H^H^HGovernor Mapp is up for reelection this year. The wolves
are circling.
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On 03/12/2018 06:22 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Presi^H^H^H^H^HGovernor Mapp
:D
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dik
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On 12/03/2018 22:22, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> On 2018-03-12 12:48 PM (-4), Stephen wrote:
>> On 12/03/2018 13:23, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>> /real/ operating systems.
>>
>> A Pover who cares not for numbers!
>> What is the world coming to?
>
> #declare directive?
>
A hit a very palpable hit. :-)
Just joking of course.
>> <aside>
>> How is the Island?
>> There was an article about the BVI, last week. It is still in a poor
>> state. Was thinking about you.
>
> political boundary does create somewhat of an information bubble.
>
From my time in Jamaica, I got the impression that all the islands were
close to each other in spirit.
And from what you write. It seems that you are getting on better than
the BVI. It took me ages to re-find these two articles. They were hidden
away on the BBC site. A disgrace on our part. :-(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43303537?intlink_from_url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c0repy50r31t/hurricane-irma&link_location=live-reporting-story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43308421?intlink_from_url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c0repy50r31t/hurricane-irma&link_location=live-reporting-story
> several island-wide blackouts much more frequently than the normal rate
> on the way, but considering that their reliability has not improved
> nothing to do with the hurricanes.
>
> about canceling my land subscription, anyway, although other household
> slower on paper, but at least it exists, and the phone company wasn't
> delivering anything close to advertized speeds anyway.
>
> performing better than before the storm, as many of their customers fled
> to AT%T, which now seems to be struggling with the increased customer
> I may consider that if and when I tell them to cancel the land line.
>
>
> Many schools were badly damaged, and many of the remaining schools are
> condemned, and is now being used as a debris storage depot.
>
> forecast that we would get about half the normal number of calls this
> season.
>
> shape, they are at least passable.
>
> are circling.
>
--
Regards
Stephen
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