Had several friends who are working/have worked for Epic. They pay exceedingly well.
***Severe Weather on Wed 12/15***Damn its windy
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not a bad gig for kids out of college. The non-compete can make it difficult but once they time out of that there's 100 places they can go to. Anyone you know make it to the sabbatical yet?
still blowing hard here today. Think we ultimately topped out in the 50-60 range, glad it was less than forecasted but man it woke me up at 3am rattling the whole house after I thought it calmed enough for bed at 1.
My narrative is more like all of Iowa West of I-35, as well as large portions of Nebraska, Kansas and parts of Colorado.
Sorry this doesn't fit your "it wasn't that bad where I live" narrative.
I gave an opinion for what we saw. Sorry if you can't accept that in this case, it didn't agree with the forecast. Win some, lose some.
Yup. I've got one friend who made it to sabbatical. After it was over, he walked away.
We worked in the BWCA together when he was still in college.
Not sure what he's doing next. He paid off his school debt and most of the mortgage on his house. Has quite a few investments.
He works for a mutual friend's tree company when he needs extra cash and spends the rest of his time backpacking.
Agreed, that's why I said "think of it as"
They were both a derecho but because the one was so catastrophic, without quantifying them, the other is mistakenly not being seen as one.
Much like some named hurricanes are never used again (hurricane Andrew, hurricane Katrina, etc...) And others are thrown back into the 6yr naming cycle.
Without using numbers, last year was historically on par with an Andrew-like derecho and yesterday will be forgotten by many
I doubt I'll ever forget last night. My wife and I and our dogs were huddled in the basement for a half hour with the sirens wailing wondering if our house was gonna be there in 5 minutes.
Once we knew it was safe, we sat in the car, in the driveway, and had a beer while charging phones.
Once we knew it was safe, we sat in the car, in the driveway, and had a beer while charging phones.
very funny but I actually always ask about parental leave because it's good to help destigmatize asking - people ask about vacation time, 401k and healthcare without then being looked over because "well they just plan to retire someday and leave us!!" and it tells me a lot about the culture. Nothing paid and nothing for non-birth parents? Not a place I want to be. Place I'm going was actually borderline on that but have some things going into effect Jan 1.
The derecho and this storm have confirmed I will never ever put up one of those white vinyl fences.
As WHO-TV pointed out last night, at one point there were tornado warnings simultaneously in a line from Spencer to I-80. It set all kinds of records for severe weather in the month of December.
I might agree that some of the early dismissals were overdone, but people don't have the benefit of hindsight when making those calls.
It wasn't overblown. It was blown just right.
The Waterloo meteorologist mentioned that something like 97 of 99 Iowa Counties has a Severe Storm Warning at some point yesterday.
I quick rant on early dismissals. Was talking to my sister yesterday who lives in Spencer area and her son's HS let out early at 1p. He then had to go to basketball practice.
Seriously? Would think if school is let out early, the best practice should be no after school activities. I guess that explains why Iowa schools are no longer top performing! Sports > Education.
If by "driving after a sixer" you mean "sitting in a park after two beers", sure.
If it’s Spencer, tell him to tell the Sup that BC says to stop being a jackass or I will tell stories about him.
This thread is all over the place.
I love it. Never change CF.
I love it. Never change CF.
Yep, left Ag entirely. It'll be weird being back on a schedule but the baby will be in daycare so at least I won't be juggling him + work. Until day 3 when he gets sick and is home the rest of the week
Fingers crossed. My oldest immediately got RSV at daycare. I remember thinking how much less work the job was than the kids.
