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fwiw many of my coworkers in the Northeast US suffered multiday internet and power outages due to the storm that forced them to either take days off or travel >30m to find places with internet.

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miles? minutes? metres? My high school maths teacher would like a word

Metres, obviously. Miles and minutes have different acronyms.

> "due to the storm that forced them to either take days off or travel >30m [metres] to find places with internet."

Is it "travel" if you walk 30 metres? :)

I was wondering that too, but it says metres, and I'm not one to claim that another is lying. :)

Haha, completely fair. Though outside of cities, 30 miles == 30 minutes.

I meant minutes.

Oh, I though 30 miles outside of cities meant 15-18 minutes.

Driving 100 to 120 miles per hour?

This sounds like an uncommon occurrence sure to an act of nature unlike what op was suggesting

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