Gas Scarcity In Atlanta
Posted by Aaron VanWieren on 06 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings
I never thought I would live to see the day I would be waiting for over 20 minutes to get gas. Atlanta and the southwest were hit hard by the gas shortages caused by the oil refinery shutdown caused from hurican Ike, leading to weeks of empty pumps and long lines at stations that had gas. But, that has finally loosened up a little and things here in Atlanta are starting to return to normal.
I remember the weekend that Ike hit Texas. My tank was 1/4 full and I did not think to fill up on Friday. It was a Sunday and I had heard that gas was growing scarce. I work 40 miles from my home and became a little worried about having gas the next day to get to work. I drove out to get gas and was amazed to find almost every gas station empty, pumps covered with no gas. Continue Reading »
Don’t know if anybody else has posted this, but ESRI was featured in a Channel9 video a few weeks back. Most of this video focuses on GIS technologies for the general public, but there are some interesting things for spatial developers. Of interest to developers is the discussion of SqlServer 2008 and ArcGIS 9.3 potential implementation. A little long and at times basic, this video is still an enjoyable watch and has some take away value, if anything it is interesting hearing ESRI talk about themselves and their development methodologies.