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Feb 14th, Cycling Conditions
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| | Call me a wuss ... but ... |
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| | ... I wasn't the only one having fun |
Feb 13th, Detroit Winter Blast II
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A last shot from this year's Winter Blast.
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Feb 11th, Detroit Winter Blast
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The Winter Blast was really the event created around the SuperBowl (as far as I know), it ran a year before
SBXL as a testrun and worked exceptionally well both times. In 2005 it was cold and snowy as hell and for the
superbowl is was unseasonably warm. But both worked well. This year was for me a little less positive.
The same tents were there, but instead of being packed with Gee-Whiz features they were more like a church
Jumble sale. The food was OK but sparse, the entertainment OK but also sparse and crowds mostly seemed to
hang around the ice rink. Too many spots were just space-fillers this year and draped with the banners of last
year. I hope it continues next year but perhaps with some more original themes. Anyhow, below are some
shots from the event - most, even those falling on the rink - were having fun!
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| | Dog Sledding - those puppies were really pulling |
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| | The kids always love the ice |
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| | The kids always love the ice - whatever happens |
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| | The Soups here were fantastic |
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| | But a few decided to cook for themselves |
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| | There was great music! (Just tuning up here) |
Feb 4th Part 2, Watch this space
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So with the temperature down to -19C I headed out into the strong wind to try and grab some video
on the little P1 digicam. I've got it mounted on the bike handlebars. Two things happened.
(1) The digicam froze and shut down (2) The bike froze (!) and refused to stay in gear. However
I did manage to grab the dawn shot below of the river seeming to boil as the cruel wind whipped
away its moisture. After thawing out the camera I did manage to grab 20 minutes of video of the
ride through Downtown Detroit that I'll post here later if I can get it uploaded.
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| | A freezing Detroit Sunrise |
Feb 4th, Less than Zero
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Temps are dropping past the zero point in F and with the windchill it's really starting to feel like winter.
Just checking weather.com shows it's currently -17C out there with a windchill temperature of -29C. So I guess
this would be a bad time to have a water main leak around (see below)! The people who will feel this the
most are many of Detroit's estimated 15,000 homeless. The freep is reporting the shelters are now packed to
capacity. While I'm not the most (or even the slightest bit) religious, I have to admire greatly the work
done by the Salvation Army and smaller religious charities like Detroit's St Peter & Paul and the Solanas soup
kitchen. Among the local homeless many of whom shelter in the former Detroit Dry Dock warehouse by Harbor
Park, Oscar disappeared a month or so back saying he was heading for a shelter. Dave is still around, limping
on his badly healed ankle the same daily route to find cans and bottles for recycling. I hope they manage
to stay warm without burning the DDD down (as often happens to abandoned buildings) and find folk generous.
That can be hard when the local security thugs take it upon themselves to pro-actively kick street folk out
of their spots.
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| | The River is Icing up solid |
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| | What happens when a water pipe bursts near your car |
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| | The last days of the Detroit Commerce Building |
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