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Terraviva

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #60 on: September 18, 2003, 07:43:00 pm »
THE SHOW IS ON. I just called the business office at 7:30 and a guypicked up the phone and said the show is on and hung up the phone. BRMC's website also says the show is on. Would be a lot easier if they would just POST THIS ON THE 930 HOME PAGE. ?!?!?! Yeah, it should be postponed cause so many people can't go-that sucks, but weirdly I live 5 blocks away and already have a ticket. I am going to bet that the show is on because BRMC got the f*** out of NC last night and have been here all day...see all you wet dogs there. Terra

zwandc

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #61 on: September 18, 2003, 07:47:00 pm »
quit letting the fear inducing media get the best of you.  we have winds like this in every thunderstorm..dozens of time per year..maybe not sustained over hours, but it's no reason to not live your life.  you are just as likely to have a tree fall on your apartment/house as you are driving around.  go to the show!

kurosawa-b/w

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #62 on: September 18, 2003, 07:52:00 pm »
It's not a question of fear. It is a question of being able to drive my car down the street. If the street clears, I will go.

missmegan

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #63 on: September 18, 2003, 07:53:00 pm »
hello all you boarders, 'tis me (megs) back in force. i too was looking forward to this show for ages, but no way am i driving from va to d.c. in the middle of a hurricane. i think the club has been extremely irresponsible in not postponing the show, and i certainly hope no one who actually ventures out to the show gets into an accident or anything. shame on the club. we'll all just have to go the next time black rebel are in town. buggery hurricane...  :mad:

Jaguär

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #64 on: September 18, 2003, 08:31:00 pm »
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Originally posted by zwandc:
  quit letting the fear inducing media get the best of you.  we have winds like this in every thunderstorm..dozens of time per year..maybe not sustained over hours, but it's no reason to not live your life.  you are just as likely to have a tree fall on your apartment/house as you are driving around.  go to the show!
It's not the media, it's the FACTS that are making some of us reconsider our options. No, we do NOT have winds like this in every thunderstorm. In fact, this is not a "thunder storm", as you say. Though there is some thunder and lighting in some areas. This is a freaking hurricane! Look it up if you don't know what that is. And I certainly hope that you don't major in statistics!      :roll:     Sure, trees fall all the time but the ratio is so much higher during hurricanes. And it's not just trees falling, it's flooding, sliding, and cars being blown around. Also, lots of roads closed and bridges washed out. Have you ever driven before in a hurricane? And I don't mean down the bloke and around the corner. It's not a wise thing to do.
 
 If you have any doubts of what I've just posted, call an insurance company and ask them for some facts. You must either be very young, from the Mid-West, or live only a couple blocks from the club to throw accusations like that at those who know when to cut their losses for the sake of their own, and possibly others' hides. And in this case, it calls for a lot more foresight and second guessing before things happen and all at the last minute. You can't blame someone for staying home when they don't have transportation and you can't get on anyone for being a bit cautious when they know how many odds are in or not in their favor. We don't have hindsight to work with here, only predictions and knowledge or the area and our abilities.

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #65 on: September 18, 2003, 11:23:00 pm »
LuLu, I'm with you.  I'm even kind of close, but would still have to drive as the buses aren't running.  Though it doesn't seem like it's been awful, I'm just not very 'daredevilish,' and if I'm going to be stranded anywhere, I want it to be in MY apartment with all my wonderful stuff!   I didn't go out drinking in cleveland park either because I dreaded the 1.2 mile walk up should a tree fall or some odd object be blown into me.  Now the walk home would probably be more hazardous because of the timing, but I'd be drunk!
 
 
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  i have absolutely no intention of leaving my apartment tonight............
 
 call me a woos if you want i don't care..........i'm actually looking forward to watching the wind and the rain from the best place in the world..........................
 
 bed!!!!
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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #66 on: September 19, 2003, 12:36:00 am »
Well, I hate to be the bearer of unwelcome news, but the show was excellent.
 
 Really excellent.

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #67 on: September 19, 2003, 01:39:00 am »
ggw, I'm glad it was excellent.  Those of you who braved the weather to get there deserve it.  Sucks for the folks further away, but such is life once in a while.
 
 Now get to sleep!  Oh, unless you work for the feds or offices that follow fed policy -- another day off tomorrow!

kurosawa-b/w

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #68 on: September 19, 2003, 08:21:00 am »
Well, once they cleared my street, I made it to the show. The driving home wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. Just some debris on the roads and heavy rain at one point. But I think I lucked out with my route because I know other places like 295 from Baltimore were bad.
 
 But the show! As ggw said, it was pretty amazing. I've always liked them but I didn't remember them being this good. I think they've really come together and kicked it up. Robert, for one, was very animated on stage. And the new stuff is great live. They even took a request during the encore which was special for the guy next to me. Oh and they played with some of the songs so that they sounded quite different from the albums. I hope they come back soon so that you can hear/see what we are talking about.

Guiny

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #69 on: September 19, 2003, 09:00:00 am »
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   I am really annoyed with the club for not postponing the show. I don't understand the point of carrying on the show at the height of the storm to what will probably be a half empty club.
Ummm, it woulda been half empty anyways   :roll:  . Also i dont blame the club for not cancelling, way to go 9:30!!!!!!!! Lastly it wasnt a hurricane, it was a tropical storm, and when it hit us i would barely even call it that, just a normal storm since we pretty much get floods during a regular rain storm.

Seth Hurwitz

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #70 on: September 19, 2003, 09:54:00 am »
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 [qb]  I am really annoyed with the club for not postponing the show. [/b]
this is one of those can't-win deals. but, just for everyone's information, the calls were about 10 to 1 in favor of people who wanted us to put the show on.
 
 the band was there (having made it up from NC), the club was operational, a lot of people wanted to come down.
 
 so how was it irresponsible? if you felt that it was too dangerous, you didn't need to come down. your choice. it's just a rock concert. we didn't make anyone come crawling over broken glass to get to a life-sustaining resource. if you think it was that life-and-death to cancel the show, in the name of safety, then you are basically admitting that it was important enough to put on the show for those that wanted to go.
 
 are the movie theaters all irresponsible for showing movies in th storm? how about the stores that managed to stay open? should they have closed in case you decided it was too dangerous to shop there?
 
 however...
 as in all of these emergency situations, we would be happy to exchange your unused ticket for another show. call the club for details.

Bags

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #71 on: September 19, 2003, 11:18:00 am »
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 [qb]  I am really annoyed with the club for not postponing the show. [/b]
however...
 as in all of these emergency situations, we would be happy to exchange your unused ticket for another show. call the club for details. [/b]
That's amazing, Seth.  Thank you, as a very regular patron of the club.  It does make a difference.  I'm with you on the show, this is what an act of god does, messes up some folks' plans!

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« Reply #72 on: September 19, 2003, 11:25:00 am »
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BlueEyedAndDangerous

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #73 on: September 19, 2003, 11:44:00 am »
It was definitely worth going out.
 Thanks!

Guiny

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Re: Rain, flooding and BRMC
« Reply #74 on: September 19, 2003, 12:01:00 pm »
Thanx for not canceling and putting it on a night where a better band could be booked.