Jul 20 2006
power outage
to the Wendy House: 7.15am thru 9.10am
In the UK called a ‘power cut’ or a ‘power failure’
Everything went off accept my cell-phone, my laptop and one of the 25 local wireless networks. At 7.15am I turned on my laptop, found the the local power providers number and called. They were really on top of it. They knew my address and told me the outage was caused by an ‘animal getting caught in the lines” they didnt tell me if the animal survived, they did predict power would be restored by 9am. Good prediction.
Meanwhile:
- how do I open my garage door without the remote control working? I got to stand outside and chat to the neighbors, none of them knew. We found a torch and worked it out (not intuitive).
- No TEA! disaster!
- No internet (the modem needs electricity), wait, there’s one unsecure wireless network available… …internet! I got to discover how long Darling’s battery would last, it lasted for the duration of the outage, HOORAY!
- A chorus of smoke alarms persistently peeped, the fluffballs were not impressed.
After everything came back on, I checked the appliances that use gas and they’ve all got pilot lights and working, impressive. I had anticipated having to manually restart these using complex button pressing combinations. Aren’t modern homes wonderful!
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