Third day of freezing temperatures leaves thousands without power across Baton Rouge area
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Thousands in the BR area still without power for the third day By Nick Gremillion | February 17, 2021 at 6:33 AM CST - Updated February 23 at 10:49 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge area is experiencing its third day in a row of freezing temperatures and thousands remain in cold homes without electricity, as of early Wednesday, Feb. 17. A viewer without electricity shares a photo of her home s thermostat showing 46° early Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (Source: WAFB)
Unexpected cloud cover throughout the area on Tuesday, Feb. 16 prevented temperatures from rising above 32º, according to WAFB First Alert Chief Meteorologist Jay Grymes.
Moving to the rhythm: Classical music and how we drive to it
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Moving to the rhythm: Classical music and how we drive to itBy Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times
Last Updated: Jan 14, 2021, 07:15 PM IST
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For a series of conversations about classical music with non musicians, I am swapping songs: exchanging pieces with my interlocutors to spark ideas about how their areas of expertise might relate to organized sound.
Matthew Crawford is a writer, philosopher and mechanic. His latest book, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road , examines the social dimension of driving. For our chat, I chose the third movement of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. Crawford selected a recording of the great guitarist Andrés Segovia playing the Allemande from Bach’s Lute Suite in E minor. These are edited excerpts from the interview.
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sources, one for the home and one for our well and water tanks. to power about the home and water tanks is very difficult, and we didn t know the power outages were going to be occurring i found out about it early october. they had recently upgraded our system. we have all new power lines from here to the main road. all of the hardware on the telephone poles has been replaced. half the telephone poles have been replaced. so we assumed, great, okay, we are getting some attention here in the rural areas, we will have power. we didn t know the plan was for them to also turn off all power, as well. tucker: because it is the united states of america, you d expect, 2019, you have electrical power, right? because this country has electricity now right. so what would your message be to the governor of your state,
how it affects us, we can t even use the restroom, can t flush the toilet. we have caric carico different r sources, one for the home and one for our well and water tan tanks. they have to power about the home and water tanks is very di, and we didn t know the power outages were going to be occurring i found out about it early october. they had recently upgraded our system. we have all new power lines from here to the main road. all of the hardware on the telephone poles has been replaced. half the telephone poles have been replaced. so we assumed, great, okay, we are getting some attention here in the rural areas, we will have power. we didn t know the plan was for them to also turn off all power, as well. tucker: which, yeah. because it is the united states of america, you d expect, 2019,e