Surf's up?

I heard a lawn chair was blown over on someone's patio, so the shutdown was totally justified. Please, think of the lawn chairs.

Can you blame them? C'mon

Walker: I heard a lawn chair was blown over on someone's patio, so the shutdown was totally justified. Please, think of the lawn chairs.

Marge: "The plant called and said if you don't come in tomorrow, don't bother coming in Monday."
Homer: "Woo hoo! A four-day weekend!!"

Hawaii just became the coolest state, ever.

Hawaiians clearly have their priorities straight.

Here is a link to a weather report explaining the situation. Link (new window) Not a rickroll.

Closed down due to wind???
The City of Chicago could not be reached for comment...

In before someone ties it to finding Obama's birth certificate.

The two laziest people I know live in Hawaii.

4 day weekend. Inauguration Day isn't a holiday, unless you're in DC

Funny thing is it wasn't windy until after dark, so they could have worked all day and got home safe before anything happened.

ihatedumbpeople: The two laziest people I know live in Hawaii.

You really need to get out more and meet a few Mexicans.

/Aisle seat, please.

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nmathew01: ihatedumbpeople: The two laziest people I know live in Hawaii.

You really need to get out more and meet a few Mexicans.

/Aisle seat, please.

HA HA!

/the ones around here seem to work hard landscaping

ubermensch: 4 day weekend. Inauguration Day isn't a holiday, unless you're in DC

Th, Fr, Sa, Sun, Mon

And that's why I love Hawaii

Yeah, Hawaii based here, and I can tell you, we were out at PT (physical training for all you non-Marines here) and someone said his wife was off yesterday because of the wind conditions. I was like, "what?!?! Then how come we are out here playing football in a downpour?"

But seriously, though, the wind here has been REAL bad. They said gusts got up to about 70 mph yesterday. They also said the surd is predicted to be about 20-30 feet, too, so I'm heading to the North Shore to check it out.

/but cancelling school because of wind is pretty ridiculous

burndtdan: Walker: I heard a lawn chair was blown over on someone's patio, so the shutdown was totally justified. Please, think of the lawn chairs.

awesome.

And not to cross-thread jack, but The Government of Seoul, South Korea just issued a newly updated forecast...Temperatures expected to rise dramatically from a nice 65 degrees to a toasty 12,000 degrees, with winds going from light winds to winds in excess for 500MPH....

El Robbo: ubermensch: 4 day weekend. Inauguration Day isn't a holiday, unless you're in DC

Th, Fr, Sa, Sun, Mon

Who said they got Thursday? And for what reason what Thursday have been a day off?

FTFA - I think it's ridiculous because Monday is a federal holiday and Tuesday is the inauguration," said retail analyst Stephany Sofos. "We're basically shut down for five days. Are you telling me people cannot function if the wind blows up to 60 miles per hour? Other people function in snowdrifts up to 12 feet.

Now wait just a god damn minute here. Who in the hell is allowing common sense use? In the last week I know of schools that were shut down due to -5 degree weather, some wind, and less than a half inch of snow. You asshats need to STFU and GBTW/S. A little weather won't kill you.

gonzoliga: Surf's up?

Oh, I saw what you did there gonzoliga.

And now for something less pointless. I've only been to Oahu and the big island. I noticed a difference between the two islands on days when there was high surf. My impression was that on Oahu, all of the surfers were in the water catching waves. However, on the big island, I saw a lot of boards on the beach -- almost none in the water. But a lot of guys on the beach were talking the talk, "bra".

Slightly above average: Do people actually get Inauguration Day off?

/wishes he had a job so he coud get Inauguration Day off

Yah, I work around the Baltimore/DC area and I'm not getting the day off. WTF Hawaii?

FTFA: "Maj. Gen. Robert Lee"

Please please please let his middle initial be "E"... [ google google google ] Dangit! No sense of providence.

ihatedumbpeople: The two laziest people I know live in Hawaii.

If you knew me, it would be three.

thereadlines: gonzoliga: Surf's up?

Oh, I saw what you did there gonzoliga.

And now for something less pointless. I've only been to Oahu and the big island. I noticed a difference between the two islands on days when there was high surf. My impression was that on Oahu, all of the surfers were in the water catching waves. However, on the big island, I saw a lot of boards on the beach -- almost none in the water. But a lot of guys on the beach were talking the talk, "bra".

You're reading way too much into that.

Anyway, the wind ended up being not that bad. But you have to realize our infrastructure here sucks. If shiat goes wrong, it goes really wrong. Lightning strikes the day after Christmas? No electricity for a day.

Our roads are shiat. In a storm, going 30 miles can take hours. They were mainly concerned that the winds would hit during the slow-as-fark commute and knock out power, making it impossible for the ambulances to go rescue the old folks on ventilators all around the island.

So, yeah, they got a little overly worried. But when shiat breaks here, it breaks hard.

Oooh - Liiiight wiiinds! Hawaii - let me say what everyone else is thinking. You guys are pussies!

And the 3% of Hawaiians who didn't vote for Obama? Do they get the day off?

My gf is in Honolulu now and mentioned this storm. She said it felt pretty mild though. Going to meet her in Maui next Tuesday. Anybody recommend any good hiking and snorkeling spots?

beer4breakfast: My gf is in Honolulu now and mentioned this storm. She said it felt pretty mild though. Going to meet her in Maui next Tuesday. Anybody recommend any good hiking and snorkeling spots?

No, I don't really know. But you really ought to camp on Haleakala one night and see the sunrise from the peak. Also, have sex up there.

The Hawaiian way of doing things:

-Spoken while lying in a hammock near the beach-

"I think I will get up and eat a pineapple........tomorrow"

I love hawaii!

If only EVERYONE did that.

Light winds?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FfeOgRx_yU

(Not a rick roll.)

nmathew01: You really need to get out more and meet a few Mexicans.

Every illegal latino immigrant I know works 10 times harder than any legal immigrant I know (who is typically writing really bad .NET code).

beer4breakfast: My gf is in Honolulu now and mentioned this storm. She said it felt pretty mild though. Going to meet her in Maui next Tuesday. Anybody recommend any good hiking and snorkeling spots?

Yea - that is what she told me last night!

/really - you had to expect that comment?

burndtdan: Walker: I heard a lawn chair was blown over on someone's patio, so the shutdown was totally justified. Please, think of the lawn chairs.

Win

Slightly above average: Do people actually get Inauguration Day off?

Bush does.

The hometown kid made it big. Give 'em some slack. Geez.

I think that most of the government should shut down on days ending with "y".

pooperator: Slightly above average: Do people actually get Inauguration Day off?

Bush does.

zing!!

The latest Hawaiian weather report (new window) (nsfw?)

KNW: Hawaii just became the coolest state, ever.

I'm glad to see the state of Hawaii has such a lavish surplus that it can just announce holidays on a lark. Wind?
The state was in operation during hurricane Ewa -- now that's wind!

Instead of the state working for the public, the "new way" is the public being the property of the state, and Hawaii is on the cutting edge of that new paradigm. (coming to a state near you soon!)

Ask anyone who has tried to run a business in Hawaii how that went / is going. In that womb-to-tomb state, it is difficult to plan when a large proportion of your employees just don't show up from one day to the next. There is such a pervasive state-sponsored attitude of entitlement, that it is impossible to find good employees there. Result: The only remaining "businesses" in Hawaii are the state itself, tourism, and a shrinking military presence (with associated monetary infusion).

Maybe this was just an admission that absenteeism is so rampant, that the state would have been shutdown anyway if the holiday had not been announced?

California has modeled itself after Hawaii, and we're billions in debt and sinking fast, with lavish state employee holidays and benefits that are the "third-rail" of California politics.

/laugh
//it's funny; it's Fark
///but not really so funny really

it is difficult to plan when a large proportion of your employees just don't show up from one day to the next.

If I lived in a tropical paradise, I'd blow a day a week, too! Care to trade? Come live in this fridgid Canadian wasteland for a while. :)

Iowa's state government functioned just fine in 15-below-zero with 30-below-wind-chill weather. (Granted, nothing moved, but that's kind of the point.)

Come on Hawaii, you're not even pretending.

Americans work too much as is.

I didn't get the day off, but it was nice having highway 62 and the H1 clear for my commute from Hawaii Kai to Waikiki.

And for the record, it really was windy, so its not like going to the beach would have been any fun.

TheDeathMerchant: The latest Hawaiian weather report (new window) (nsfw?)

I was wondering when Triumph would get mentioned!

Good job.

"Homer, work called and said if you don't come in tomorrow, don't bother coming in on Monday."
"Woohooo! Four day weekend!"

/first thing I thought of

it is difficult to plan when a large proportion of your employees just don't show up from one day to the next.

Living wage ring a bell?

Sounds like I worked for you.

Food Stamps are not supposed to be considered part of the employee benefit package.

Sorry, hadda vent a bit. Tired of bourgeoisie complaining about the cost of country club dues . . .