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richard.symonds at wikimedia

Jun 30, 2012, 3:06 PM

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Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18656648

Just so you all know: because of the weather, I suspect that the Wikimania
team may be a little busy at present!

Richard Symonds
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thomas.dalton at gmail

Jun 30, 2012, 3:17 PM

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Re: Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power [In reply to]

On 30 June 2012 23:06, Richard Symonds <richard.symonds [at] wikimedia> wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18656648
>
> Just so you all know: because of the weather, I suspect that the Wikimania
> team may be a little busy at present!

Just so long as there aren't any volcanoes near DC...

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Jun 30, 2012, 6:55 PM

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Re: Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power [In reply to]

Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 30, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Richard Symonds <richard.symonds [at] wikimedia> wrote:

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18656648
>
> Just so you all know: because of the weather, I suspect that the Wikimania team may be a little busy at present!
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
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> Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
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andrew at andrewlih

Jun 30, 2012, 7:28 PM

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM, James Hare <messedrocker [at] gmail> wrote:

> Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.
>
>
And off-the-grid Wikimania... now there's an intriguing concept. :)

-Andrew

craig at halo-17

Jun 30, 2012, 7:47 PM

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Re: Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power [In reply to]

I always do wonder, when I attend WM events and most people are
fiddling around with their laptops instead of paying attention to the
speaker, exactly how different things would be if we tried banning
computers from one of our events for a day.

Not going to happen, but nice to think about ;-)

On 1 July 2012 12:28, Andrew Lih <andrew [at] andrewlih> wrote:
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>
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM, James Hare <messedrocker [at] gmail> wrote:
>>
>> Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.
>>
>
> And off-the-grid Wikimania... now there's an intriguing concept. :)
>
> -Andrew
>
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andrew at andrewlih

Jun 30, 2012, 7:59 PM

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Re: Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power [In reply to]

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Craig Franklin <craig [at] halo-17> wrote:

> I always do wonder, when I attend WM events and most people are
> fiddling around with their laptops instead of paying attention to the
> speaker, exactly how different things would be if we tried banning
> computers from one of our events for a day.
>
> Not going to happen, but nice to think about ;-)
>

Just like there's an adult swim at pools, an "Analog Day" at Wikimania
would be fascinating.

Actually, the final beach party last year in Israel was very
water-oriented, food-laden, and analog. :)

-Andrew

aude.wiki at gmail

Jun 30, 2012, 9:40 PM

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Re: Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power [In reply to]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Lih <andrew [at] andrewlih> wrote:

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>
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM, James Hare <messedrocker [at] gmail> wrote:
>
>> Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.
>>
>>
> And off-the-grid Wikimania... now there's an intriguing concept. :)
>

Still can't buy gasoline or groceries or use my mobile phone, but got power
back :) and expect things back to normal soon.

In the decades I've lived in DC with all our snowmaggedons and hurricanes,
I've never seen anything so bizarre here with such widespread effects.
It's anything but normal.

For folks coming here, good idea to bring light clothing, drink plenty of
water, enjoy the air conditioning in the venue, museums, etc. and if there
are thunderstorms, obviously, don't be outside.

Cheers,
Katie

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Jul 1, 2012, 1:39 AM

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Re: Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power [In reply to]

Much of last years wikimedia conference in India was without WiFi, we had
to talk to each other instead. I think the lack of WiFi made it a better
conference and would suggest for future events that we pick one or two
lounge areas where we don't even try to get WiFi working.

WSC

On 1 July 2012 03:59, Andrew Lih <andrew [at] andrewlih> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Craig Franklin <craig [at] halo-17> wrote:
>
>> I always do wonder, when I attend WM events and most people are
>> fiddling around with their laptops instead of paying attention to the
>> speaker, exactly how different things would be if we tried banning
>> computers from one of our events for a day.
>>
>> Not going to happen, but nice to think about ;-)
>>
>
> Just like there's an adult swim at pools, an "Analog Day" at Wikimania
> would be fascinating.
>
> Actually, the final beach party last year in Israel was very
> water-oriented, food-laden, and analog. :)
>
> -Andrew
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimania-l mailing list
> Wikimania-l [at] lists
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
>
>

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