Most of the people of Newport, Wash., could deal with car access being down 12 minutes or so. A long time without the Internet, however, made some a little nervous. The region's sometimes-volcanic weather pattern would send anyone into a state of paranoia if conditions had to remain perfect for a span of about a month. For prime contractor Inland Asphalt Co., subcontractor Valentine Resurfacing and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), the best way to track cloud movement and temperature jumps during a 13-mile cold in-place (CIR) recycling project on U.S. 2 Junction S.R. 211, where every day had to be at least 60 °F, was via the web.
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