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1. Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 00:43:18 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield
   If you are in the path of a Hurricane, don't stock up on supplies, leave.
   
   I know very well that not every employer is remote-friendly, but if you live in the southeast or east of the US, it is only going to get worse as temperatures rise. Now is the time to start looking.
   
   If you are a manager, and you don't trust your employees to work remotely, hire better people.
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 02:23:04 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @lnxw48a1 I understand people not wanting to lose their jobs, but it still seems like a sign you should look for another employer
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 03:51:35 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

     in reply to

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @musicman @lnxw48a1 The systems at $BUREAU are still unstable to the point that teleworking isn't feasible yet.  Maybe by 2020 it'll work...
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 03:53:11 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

     in reply to

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @musicman @lnxw48a1 That is to say, my directorate's systems.  Most other directorates ARE telework-capable & fled Harvey.
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 12:06:30 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @lnxw48a1 there's a huge difference I working remotely all the time and working remotely for a few days when the alternative is to fear for your safety.
     
     We weren't allowed to "work remotely" at epic but if a blizzard came through, we weren't expected to go in, but to work. Nagios, on the other hand, just closes shop if the weather is bad in most cases. I've never been in a bad hurricane but it seems worse than a blizzard to me.
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 16:18:11 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     As a point of clarity, I have been in at least three hurricanes (possibly tropical storms by the time they got to me). One was in NH, so wind speeds were obviously NBD, but obviously Vermont got absolutely trounced with rain. My experience has been that the flooding is way worse than the winds. One of the others was in Durham and then third in Chapel Hill. I suppose I will leave it to any interested parties to see how far inland that is.
     
     I know for a fact we were sent home when I was in Durham. I am pretty sure classes were cancelled in Chapel Hill as well.
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 16:19:06 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     I believe classes were cancelled in New Hampshire too, come to think of it. Actually, there may have been two in NH. Irene and Sandy, perhaps.
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2017 11:42:43 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @lnxw48a1 that's great news. I haven't been following the trajectory. I hope it's soon enough. Gridlock is a dangerous thing in these situations.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2017 00:04:10 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @lnxw48a1 @musicman I'm not sure Cleveland may be far enough after seeing local meteorologists explain their Irma remnants model for Tuesday