All change. Again.
Dundee City first of all, and Whitehall Street is now re-opened (most of the hole has been filled) By late evening, the gas contractors had started digging a hole into the temporary bus stop... kind of makes you wonder why it was placed there!
My day at work was really busy - almost non-stop in fact - and as a result, I did manage a bit more happiness and smiling... and I was "happy" when I went home.
Outside Dundee - and following on from yesterday's cold temperatures in the states, here are two stories from the Democrat & Chronicle newspaper in Rochester, NY, USA...
Cold, fuel woes strand school buses
(February 6, 2007) - Extreme cold weather and fuel problems stranded school buses along roadsides across Monroe County on Monday morning.
Diesel fuel in school buses jelled, clogging fuel filters. This caused buses to lose power and forced them off the road until repair crews arrived, said Michael Proukou, Spencerport transportation director, on Monday.
In Spencerport, 18 school buses with students bound for Spencerport High School had to have their fuel filters replaced by district maintenance crews at roadside.
No one was injured, but students arrived 30 to 45 minutes late.
The problem stems from the use of a state-mandated low-sulfur diesel fuel additive. Some districts buy fuel with the additive included while others buy fuel without the additive and add it themselves.
The mandate is new this school year and Monday's extremely cold weather was the first time the additive was needed, Proukou said.
The problem in Spencerport occurred because crews there added the fuel additive to fuel already containing the additive.
The incorrect balance in the fuel caused the fuel to jell.
Proukou said he spoke to transportation officials in Hilton, Webster, Greece and Rush-Henrietta school districts Monday and each reported fuel-related bus trouble.
In Greece, 30 out of the district's 206 buses were affected.
"The filters that were clogged are being sent out to be analyzed," said spokeswoman Laurel Heiden. "The cause is yet to be determined."
Winter sets in -- and SUV sinks
(February 6, 2007) - Closed schools, icy roads, wind-blown snow, travel advisories, dead batteries -- and a vehicle partially submerged in icy waters this morning: Winter, real winter, has arrived.
But be thankful: While only an inch of fresh snow was recorded in Charlotte this morning, East Aurora, ten miles southeast of Buffalo, got about 40 inches, the Oswego area got up to 45 inches, and east in the Tug Hill region three to four feet of new snow was reported.
Back in Irondequoit, police today were investigating an incident which led to a sport utility vehicle falling through the ice around midnight at Sutters Marina on Bayfront Lane.
No one was injured, according to Monroe County emergency dispatchers. The vehicle remained partially submerged this morning...
My day at work was really busy - almost non-stop in fact - and as a result, I did manage a bit more happiness and smiling... and I was "happy" when I went home.
Outside Dundee - and following on from yesterday's cold temperatures in the states, here are two stories from the Democrat & Chronicle newspaper in Rochester, NY, USA...
Cold, fuel woes strand school buses
(February 6, 2007) - Extreme cold weather and fuel problems stranded school buses along roadsides across Monroe County on Monday morning.
Diesel fuel in school buses jelled, clogging fuel filters. This caused buses to lose power and forced them off the road until repair crews arrived, said Michael Proukou, Spencerport transportation director, on Monday.
In Spencerport, 18 school buses with students bound for Spencerport High School had to have their fuel filters replaced by district maintenance crews at roadside.
No one was injured, but students arrived 30 to 45 minutes late.
The problem stems from the use of a state-mandated low-sulfur diesel fuel additive. Some districts buy fuel with the additive included while others buy fuel without the additive and add it themselves.
The mandate is new this school year and Monday's extremely cold weather was the first time the additive was needed, Proukou said.
The problem in Spencerport occurred because crews there added the fuel additive to fuel already containing the additive.
The incorrect balance in the fuel caused the fuel to jell.
Proukou said he spoke to transportation officials in Hilton, Webster, Greece and Rush-Henrietta school districts Monday and each reported fuel-related bus trouble.
In Greece, 30 out of the district's 206 buses were affected.
"The filters that were clogged are being sent out to be analyzed," said spokeswoman Laurel Heiden. "The cause is yet to be determined."
Winter sets in -- and SUV sinks
(February 6, 2007) - Closed schools, icy roads, wind-blown snow, travel advisories, dead batteries -- and a vehicle partially submerged in icy waters this morning: Winter, real winter, has arrived.
But be thankful: While only an inch of fresh snow was recorded in Charlotte this morning, East Aurora, ten miles southeast of Buffalo, got about 40 inches, the Oswego area got up to 45 inches, and east in the Tug Hill region three to four feet of new snow was reported.
Back in Irondequoit, police today were investigating an incident which led to a sport utility vehicle falling through the ice around midnight at Sutters Marina on Bayfront Lane.
No one was injured, according to Monroe County emergency dispatchers. The vehicle remained partially submerged this morning...
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