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Semass said:
She'll only do a few knots.
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Hopefully it's more seaworthy than that Carnival poop cruise that was stranded out to sea for weeks. Allston might start to smell a little ripe.
 
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I don't even see a single life boat.
 
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The proportion of posts regarding cruise ships is getting just a bit overdone lol.
 
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BussesAin'tTrains said:
The proportion of posts regarding cruise ships is getting just a bit overdone lol.
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Looks like they didn't batten down the hatches for tonight ;-)

A bunch of the light framing around what I'm guessing will be the elevator core has broken off in the wind, and I can see stuff blowing around in the penthouse too.
 
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Let's just hope there are no tractor trailers pulling icebergs down the Pike.
 
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Guest Street's going to have a nice view when it's done:
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Big sidewalk plaza in construction:
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Inadvertent cycle track:
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Crappy pics from Mount Auburn







 
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From within the last week or so:

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How many smokestacks are they going to put on the roof of that thing? Three? Four? Four but the fourth one is a fake so it impresses people like the Titanic so people say "Wow! This trans-Atlantic oceanliner has FOUR fucking smokestacks. Sign me up!"
 
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Someone needs to bury power lines.
 
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stellarfun said:
Someone needs to bury power lines.
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Excellent point that you don't hear made very often. One of the major things that shocks many Germans (and probably some other Europeans) about the US is our above-ground power lines. They find it crazy that we subject ourselves to power outages from snow/icy rain because we haven't buried our power lines, something they did decades ago.

...And yet, I don't know that I've ever heard anyone in the US call for a systemic burying of power lines...
 
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itchy said:
Excellent point that you don't hear made very often. One of the major things that shocks many Germans (and probably some other Europeans) about the US is our above-ground power lines. They find it crazy that we subject ourselves to power outages from snow/icy rain because we haven't buried our power lines, something they did decades ago.

...And yet, I don't know that I've ever heard anyone in the US call for a systemic burying of power lines...
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In cities it seems to be happening slowly. Part of the problem is we have such a massive country. seems like we should at least be able to do it in urban areas.
 
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Private utility companies also own the poles and make a nice penny renting space to the other utilities.
 
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Meh... the buried power lines in Allston often suffer outages while the overhead electrification holds up fine. Like yesterday.

There's a big NSTAR generator running on Brighton Ave right now, in front of Sunset.

The quality of the power line vaults really makes a big difference. And they're crap around here.
 
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Concord has been burying their power lines. This is possible because it's a town-owned utility and in the 80s they got approval from the town residents for a 50 year plan to bury all lines. They approximately 50% done. Adds a buck or two to my monthly electric bill. While NSTAR, as an investor owned utility, will never have the motivation to spend money on a 50 year plan, I would imagine the Public Utility Commission could mandate this and price it into the rate structure so it is cost neutral for the power companies.
 
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