Comments on: How Victoria's Secret saved the National Guard from Hurricane Sandy

By: L_Mariachi

L_Mariachi — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:28:00 +0000

Still, 4 mW is a hell of a lot for a venue that size. It’s in the upper realm of a big-budget stadium rock concert. Stage lighting fixtures don’t go much above 1kW, so even allowing, say, 100kW (number totally made up, I’m not a sound tech) for the sound system and cameras and backstage utilities that’s still enough for almost four thousand lights. I’ve been in that armory; you could probably fit four thousand lights in there but it would be very silly.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:35:00 +0000

The short version is that you can’t focus fluorescent lights because they don’t use a point source.

By: naughtius maximus

naughtius maximus — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:57:00 +0000

how the heck does a fashion show require 4 megawatts? Ever heard of fluorescent bulbs?

By: Ray Perkins

Ray Perkins — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:03:00 +0000

Always thought that skimpy underwear would come to the rescue some day. Glad to see I am vindicated.

By: BarBarSeven

BarBarSeven — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:59:00 +0000

Our military spending is reactive. And when it’s proactive, it’s paranoid.

Meaning that before this crisis hit you could see the money being spent in the subway: 3 cops, 1 white shirt & 3 TSA guys at most subway stations randomly checking commuters for… Who knows what… I guess the cops get aboout $50,000 per year to start, the white shirt gets $80,000 & the TSA folks might be $60,000 per person. That’s a lot of $$$ for nothing.

By: mypalmike

mypalmike — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:55:00 +0000

tl;dr – Soldiers lost power. Got turned on by Victoria’s Secret.

By: Norman Lorrain

Norman Lorrain — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:37:00 +0000

Government organisation bailed out by private business.

By: Sean Breakey

Sean Breakey — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:53:00 +0000

Show’s you where our priorities are, when the people responsible for responding to disasters have worse equipment then Victoria’s Secret.

The US spends more on the military then the entire rest of the world combined, and can’t afford generators, again, for the people responsible for responding to disasters. Hell, there’s an entire fleet of untouched tanks; I’m sure you could use their engines to generate some power.

By: Sean McKibbon

Sean McKibbon — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:31:00 +0000

Girl power?

By: Jardine

Jardine — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:57:00 +0000

Lingerie

By: Cameron Postelwait

Cameron Postelwait — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:05:00 +0000

shortly afterwords the branch of the military was renamed the “National Garter Belt”

By: atomicsmith

atomicsmith — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:01:00 +0000

You mean we spend literally trillions on our military and the national guard in our largest city can’t even keep their lights on for a few days in an emergency. Where did all that money go?

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:59:00 +0000

What an uplifting story of under-wiring.

By: TheMadLibrarian

TheMadLibrarian — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:51:00 +0000

Angels unaware… help from the most unlikely sources.