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Gee, thanks Mother Nature
I'm among the million or so people in the area who are without electricity due to the storm last night. The power companies are saying it may take days to get power back to some people. I rather hope mine is restored sooner than that.
It was quite an impressive storm, to be sure. After it knocked the power out, I could've actually walked around my apartment without a flashlight for a few seconds at a time, thanks to the illumination from the frequent and nearby lightning outside. I had to go around shutting up all the UPS's in the place to end the little symphony of beeps as they diligently told me they were on battery power. There's some device I missed, though. Every minute or so, I'd hear a quiet little chirp. I can't track it down though. It's loudest in my bedroom, but there's no UPS in there. The front door and entry stairs for the apartment above mine is on the other side of my bedroom wall. I'm wondering if I'm hearing their alarm panel complaining about its backup battery being low.
Anyway, it was a night of poor sleep. I woke up to find one of the fish had died. He was fairly old, though, so it may just be a coincidence. I'm worried about the rest of the fish though, since they don't have any filtration in their tanks now.
On the plus side, my office is near home and has power, so here I am, enjoying the air conditioning and doing a bit of reading. There's also an ice machine in the kitchen, so I'll fill up a little cooler before I head home later. The cell and land lines are so busy that I couldn't call in the outage at home officially. I'll try calling home now and then to see if the answering machine picks up, indicating there's power there again.
I am SO ready for autumn.
It was quite an impressive storm, to be sure. After it knocked the power out, I could've actually walked around my apartment without a flashlight for a few seconds at a time, thanks to the illumination from the frequent and nearby lightning outside. I had to go around shutting up all the UPS's in the place to end the little symphony of beeps as they diligently told me they were on battery power. There's some device I missed, though. Every minute or so, I'd hear a quiet little chirp. I can't track it down though. It's loudest in my bedroom, but there's no UPS in there. The front door and entry stairs for the apartment above mine is on the other side of my bedroom wall. I'm wondering if I'm hearing their alarm panel complaining about its backup battery being low.
Anyway, it was a night of poor sleep. I woke up to find one of the fish had died. He was fairly old, though, so it may just be a coincidence. I'm worried about the rest of the fish though, since they don't have any filtration in their tanks now.
On the plus side, my office is near home and has power, so here I am, enjoying the air conditioning and doing a bit of reading. There's also an ice machine in the kitchen, so I'll fill up a little cooler before I head home later. The cell and land lines are so busy that I couldn't call in the outage at home officially. I'll try calling home now and then to see if the answering machine picks up, indicating there's power there again.
I am SO ready for autumn.