primroseburrows: (nibbles woodaway)
According to the Weather Channel, it is 31/88 degrees here in Warwick. At 5:25 pm. In APRIL. No wonder I'm sweltering.

Gonna go change into a t-shirt and jeans now.
primroseburrows: (torchwood: turn away)


Northeast Hit With Devastating Floods, As Federal Flood Insurance Expires Due To GOP Obstruction )

Dear GOP,

Thanks for all your assistance. Don't let your matches get wet.

Sarcastically,

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

P.S. You'll probably get letters from Massachusetts and Connecticut, too.


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primroseburrows: (nibbles woodaway)
Providence, mostly (I think) Atwells Avenue. Annoying bad panning is annoying:



Warwick Mall, about ten minutes away from me:



Local flooding in Cranston and Warwick:



Things are a little better now (the sun is out, yay!) but parts of 95 and other places are still closed. And I really don't know when the Warwick Mall will be able to reopen.
primroseburrows: (nibbles woodaway)
I wish I could embed this, but it's a Facebook vid and there's no way to do it. You have to log in to see it.

Splish Splash: RI Flooding, March 31, 2010
primroseburrows: (nibbles woodaway)
Very nice cashier at The Grateful Heart: Did you see the new show based on The Witches of Eastwick??

Me: *gives review that is basically a giant pimpage of Paul Gross*

VNC: *actually looks interested* Did you know that the name "Eastwick" is an amalgam of East Greenwich and Wickford, RI?

Me: OMGNO!

VNC: Yeah, John Updike's ancestors are from here. There's even an Updike Park named for them. And Wickford's original name was Updike's Newtown.

Me: Woah. Really?

VNC: Yeah.

Here, have a pretty picture of Wickford:




In other news, it's time to unclog my drain. I bought some of this. *crosses fingers*
primroseburrows: (nibbles woodaway)
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Dubious 'You Know You Are From Rhode Island If' list )

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