Daylight Saving Time is here again !!!
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Daylight Saving Time is here again !!!
| Sat, 10-30-2004 - 11:16am |
2am EST 'fall behind' an hour !!!
While daylight-saving time has been an utter failure in actually saving any daylight (for a rainy night, perhaps?), it does accomplish three things, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- It saves energy. When we're awake, we're more likely to have our TVs, VCRs, and lights on (among other home appliances). By shifting the hours we're likely to be awake to correspond with the daylight outside, we're less likely to have the lights on, so we use less electricity.
- It saves lives. When people's waking hours correspond with daylight hours, they're safer. Traffic accidents, for example, are less likely when it's light out.
- It cuts down on crime. Crime tends to happen after dark. As is the case with accidents, people are less likely to fall victim to crime when their waking hours are synched up with the sun.
And that's why most of the United States and many other countries take part in the twice-yearly clock-adjusting ritual. Most, not all. More on that later.
I did a Web search on "daylight-saving time." Here are the holdout states: Hawaii, Indiana, and Arizona. The strangest is Indiana, which has THREE different time arrangements. Most counties (77 in all) stay on Eastern Standard Time all year. Another 10 counties use Eastern Standard Time and Central Standard Time. And five use a combination of Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Daylight Time.

That is right, here in Indianapolis we never change times.
Everytime we try, there is an argument for which time zone we should be on.
Half the people want to be on Chicago time, and half think we should be on New York time.
So when you fall back we will be on eastern time with you instead of an hour behind you.
Hugs,
Laurie
My web page
http://hometown.aol.com/didoangst/myhomepage/photo.html
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This means, for everyone who forgets to change their clocks, chat will be at 10 p.m. eastern.
CL-Nursepam2000 aka
C >^. A .
That's right now we don't have to do math to catch our TV programs until spring.
The less math I have to do the better.
Hugs,
Laurie
My web page
http://hometown.aol.com/didoangst/myhomepage/photo.html
My web pages
http://homepage.mac.com/lauriedav/PhotoAlbum1.html http://hometown.aol.com/didoangst/myhomepage/photo.html