hard-time-on-planet
hard-time-on-planet t1_jb35pmi wrote
Reply to comment by KindRevolution80 in Found near The Berlin Turnpike, not pro-Trump just anti- Biden. Art is everywhere. by TrashPandaShire
I don't know about the FBI, but the secret service might. Kathy Griffin got investigated by the secret service after her picture with the Trump replica head.
hard-time-on-planet t1_j6p52g8 wrote
Reply to Killington, Connecticut parents arrested for letting kids, ages 7 and 9, walk to Dunkin' Donuts by Kodiak01
> It was Super Bowl Sunday in February 2019. Cynthia Rivers and her husband decided that their kids, ages seven and nine, deserved a long-promised treat for cleaning their rooms: the right to walk to Dunkin' Donuts by themselves. (Reason has changed her name to protect the family's anonymity.)
I didn't read that last sentence at first and was trying to search for this story in other news sources but kinda hard when I don't have the name of the person.
> The officers also claimed that they had received a dozen 911 calls about the kids during the short time they were gone. Rivers thought this was unlikely, as they had only made it past four other homes
Yes it is hard to believe but not in the way Rivers is saying. Seems like there is more to this story they aren't telling us.
hard-time-on-planet t1_iydsswv wrote
Reply to comment by john46ct in Stop Eversource - Governor Lamont and Lawmakers need to make sure that PURA and Consumer Council start doing their jobs by john46ct
Wallingford does have a better reputation for having lower delivery charges but I would expect when they announce 2023 generation rates there's will be higher too.
Old article but relevant quote:
> The town operated its own power plant at one time.
> Today, it buys electricity on the market. So, Hendershot said it does share some of the same cost concerns as Eversource
hard-time-on-planet t1_ix0px1u wrote
Reply to Saturday Morning email from State rep Harry Arora about increases in electricity and natural gas prices by mynameisnotshamus
> We have abundant natural gas production in Texas
Texas, for having all the supply it does, has a surprisingly large amount of issues in their grid. There was the 2021 Texas power crisis. But here's an article from this year.
> Twelve-month plans, which could cost 10 cents a kilowatt hour in 2021, are now at least 16.8 cents and as high as 25.4 cents in parts of Houston.
hard-time-on-planet t1_itsbgv8 wrote
Reply to comment by Johnny_Appleweed in Fact check: Does CT have the highest utility rates? by jr_reddit
The article was later updated with a response from the Lamont campaign
> Officials with the Lamont campaign said their claims were based in part on savings that resulted from agreements the state has to by power generated New England's two remaining nuclear power plants, Millstone in Waterford and Seabrook in New Hampshire.
> Campaign officials, however, were unable to cite how much of an impact reduced costs for the power generated by nuclear plants had on the overall per kilowatt hour cost that Connecticut consumer pay overall for power. The majority of the electricity generated by power plants in New England comes from generating units that run on natural gas, so the cost per kilowatt hour is a combination of nuclear and natural gas costs
> The Lamont campaign also cited Connecticut's long standing practice of purchasing power using multiple auctions to determine the electric rates that consumers pay, thereby protecting them from price spikes
I didn't notice any additions to the article that added any more of Lamont's original quote. And googling I couldn't find it.
hard-time-on-planet t1_itrsesv wrote
Reply to comment by virtualchoirboy in Fact check: Does CT have the highest utility rates? by jr_reddit
> when the article author immediately starts talking about national rates.
The author talks about national rates in response to the Stefanowski claim "Connecticut has the highest utility rates in the country."
hard-time-on-planet t1_it9b38d wrote
Reply to comment by Kodiak01 in CT children’s hospitals consider calling National Guard for overflowing patients with respiratory illnesses by zeaqqk
Your comment about them having covid at some point reminds me of something I heard on wnpr
> “There’s some evidence that the virus SARS-CoV-2, even in asymptomatic, mild cases, may suppress the B cell, which is responsible for antibody production,” he said. “We know that about 85% of the kids have had COVID at some point, could have had a mild decrease in their B cells and perhaps that set him up for more severe RSV, severe rhinovirus, severe adenovirus, and potentially severe influenza.
Or here is a different way the pandemic could have had an effect
> At Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, Dr. Thomas Murray, associate medical director for Infection Prevention, said the pandemic mask-wearing, hand hygiene, and social distancing kept respiratory infections low. As families have been relaxing those COVID-19 generated precautions, it’s exposing a population of children who previously had minimal exposure to respiratory viruses of all kinds.
> “Virtually every child by the age of two would have had RSV,” he said. “And now we have children who are probably close to 3 years old who may never have had RSV. So the total number of kids that are getting RSV for the first time is likely to be much higher.”
hard-time-on-planet t1_jdqgj21 wrote
Reply to comment by ctnutmegger in Typical Connecticut Attractions by nickrac
Good list.
You're right that the picture is 95. It's the sign for attractions at exit 29 if you're traveling southbound. But the sign is right after exit 30. Try map coordinates 41.175205, -73.153221
From your list, I would guess the sign was intended for Bass Pro, but maybe they wouldn't pay to be on the sign.
The attractions sign for Exit 28 northbound, which lets off to the opposite side of the same overall area, has one listing : Shoreline Star Greyhound. Which hasn't had greyhound racing for a while but maybe still does off track betting.