[14744] in APO-L
Re: Several convention-related things
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deborah Cherry)
Mon Jul 15 15:48:55 1996
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:46:34 -0400
Reply-To: Deborah Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
From: Deborah Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Added.YlucOFq00UdcIw4k4f@andrew.cmu.edu>
Excerpts from internet.aphio: 15-Jul-96 Several convention-related ..
Communications C. II@WAM (2398)
> Where should it be? Good question. Let's see... Pittsburgh is snowy
> that time of year, I understand.
Philly is just as likely to be snowy, as well as just about any place in
Region I or II, and sometimes the northern part of Region III (ie DC)...
The question is, how well does city X DEAL with what is likely to be the
weather. If it shuts down at the first sign of flurries, and this is a
likely occurance, then you have a problem. If the city regularly
maintains full operations with 10 inches on the ground, then it's
probably not a big problem.
Remember, people will still have to drive/fly through snow based on
their originating location- ie people from Boston would still have to
drive through any snow between there and Philly to get down to
Charlotte...
Besides, I understand St. Louis won the '90 Con in part because of the
fear of snow in Chicago. St. Louis was snowed in and shutdown (flights
were sent to Kansas City and then people bused across the state). I
understand Chicago was bright and sunny that weekend... The moral is- as
long as the city is capable of handling likely weather, don't base your
decisions on what you THINK the weather will be 2 years in advance...
BTW- Based on my 18 years growing up in Philly, the city shuts down at 1
or 2 inches, which is pretty common... (Except of course for the Public
Schools- we had a Superintendandt who felt that if her limo could get to
work, so could all the students who walked, took the partially shutdown
public transit, and the (cancelled for snow) Yellow School Buses...)
Things may have changed some in the years I've been away- I hear they
actually have a few snowplows that aren't garbage trucks, and sometimes
start salting and plowing _before_ the snow cripples the city (and a
new Superintendant, they actually take snow days some now...).
Yours in LFS,
Debbie Cherry
Alumni, Kappa Chapter, Carnegie Mellon University
Section 62 Staff
dc30@andrew.cmu.edu
