I saw that Mustang Bobby gave us an update and wanted to front page it:
Checking in to report that I made it through the hurricane with no damage to my house, although the storm surge apparently ventured into my front yard. I blogged about it yesterday.
I’m without landline phone, internet, or cable at home but got power back on Wednesday noon. As I note in the post; I had it easy compared to my friends in the Keys and on the west coast.
I hope everyone else who went through it is doing well or getting better.
How is everyone else in our hurricane areas doing? Give us an update if you can.
This is all over the news here yesterday:
Hyperloop One, Colorado in the running:
What seems like a far-out, sci-fi mode of transportation hit home Thursday as a Colorado-based public-private partnership was named one of 10 finalists in the Hyperloop One competition to build a vacuum-sealed tunnel that would shoot pods between cities at up to 700 miles per hour.
The Los Angeles firm Hyperloop One, which sponsored the competition, now moves to the next phase, in which it will invest its own time and resources to narrow down the candidates.
But Colorado may have the advantage. The company liked the Colorado team’s proposal so much, it announced that it is partnering with the state’s Department of Transportation to work on a feasibility study to build the futuristic transportation system, which would stretch from Cheyenne to Pueblo, and west to Vail.
I have very, very mixed feelings about it.
What are you up to this Friday morning? I have to go now and rescue Jake from his duck-groupies.
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