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TullyBascombe wrote:I just got home from vacationing in Williamsburg. We left for vacation last Saturday. The night before we were hit by a huge storm, a "Derichio", with winds approaching 100 mph (160 kph). These storms are normally confined to Mexico and the Southwest US, but for about a week before the storm the Midwest had been experiencing record temperatures, well above 100 Fahrenheit. The Friday night the stored energy released in the form of a massive windstorm stretching from upper Illinois and lower Michigan, crossing Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia before sweeping over Pennsylvannia, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina before finally abating over the mid-portion of the US East Coast. It knocked out power for 5 million people initially, by late Saturday 2 to 3 million people were still without power.

Yorkie wrote:Caption the picture? Not sure what you mean Maarten but I know who they are - next you'll be watching Inspector Morse.

Speaking of watching tv, I've just been watching the first episode of the 90's tv show 'The Choir' with Anthony Way.

maartendas wrote: I meant: give a description of what you see in the picture - isn't that what you call a caption
You had a good TV evening as well then
P.S.: for everyone else - the picture shows the choral scholars of New College Oxford preparing for a concert...

Yorkie wrote:

maartendas wrote: I meant: give a description of what you see in the picture - isn't that what you call a caption
You had a good TV evening as well then
P.S.: for everyone else - the picture shows the choral scholars of New College Oxford preparing for a concert...

Yes, caption at its most literal means that but often putting a caption to a picture in the UK would mean trying to come up with something funny rather than descriptive.

Have you ever seen The Choir? The music is a bit lacking in truth but it is an interesting tale of politics in a religious setting. If you've never seen it I could maybe try and upload it to YouTube or something.

maartendas wrote:I don't think I've ever seen The Choir, only heard of it.

Lumi wrote:Thank you Yorkie for uploading those! I have been looking for the series absolutely everywhere on the Internet.

Szepilona wrote:right now, I'm using the computer in our local library, due to the power outages in my town. Over 40 trees have gone down in the 10 block radius around my house, causing damage to 3 transformers and 7 elecricity poles. Fortunately, I have not seen any major damage to houses or cars, and no injuries have been reported. Unfortunately, my sister had her wisdom teeth removed today and there isn't power to keep ice for her mouth or for air conditioning in the very humid 90^oF. There isn't word from AEP yet on how long we will be without electricity.