Just the anticipation of a historic storm has people preparing for the weather event rather than stringing up orange lights and fake cobwebs.

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For one night, volunteers had transformed the area, placing carpets on the ground and stringing up lanterns to add a kind of festive feel.

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People don't realize that lead is all over their homes in a wide variety of products, particularly in things like extension cords and wire and cable, your holiday string lights when you're stringing them up this year, you'll probably see a warning label that says that the product contains lead, known to be a toxic chemical in the state of California.

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It's likely that Capellas was even stringing Qwest along in the months leading up to the first bids, just using Notebaert to make Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg jealous.

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Maybe -- we'll let you know how it holds up in the real world after stringing it through the Engadget review gauntlet.

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