Oy, What a Mess!

I've been in the data center for several hours but have been too busy to write much. I'm awaiting the results of some system tests so this seems like a good a time as any...

The drive to work this evening was horrendous: we've had incredibly electrical storms and heavy rain for a couple of hours, including flash flood alerts for every county around DC until 10:30 PM. During a short break, I listened to the television news in the staff lounge which showed a long list of road closures due to high water, including two lates of southbound I270. PEPCO's outage maps online show electrical outages in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Wheaton, Olney and north-west Silver Spring although our home seems to have escaped it as my server is still responding. North-east DC and parts of Prince George's County adjacent to DC seem to be without electricity, as well as Fort Washington to the south.

Looking outside currently, it seems the worst has moved on so I'm hoping for a reasonably gentle commute home.

Oy, What a Mess!

I've been in the data center for several hours but have been too busy to write much. I'm awaiting the results of some system tests so this seems like a good a time as any...

The drive to work this evening was horrendous: we've had incredibly electrical storms and heavy rain for a couple of hours, including flash flood alerts for every county around DC until 10:30 PM. During a short break, I listened to the television news in the staff lounge which showed a long list of road closures due to high water, including two lates of southbound I270. PEPCO's outage maps online show electrical outages in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Wheaton, Olney and north-west Silver Spring although our home seems to have escaped it as my server is still responding. North-east DC and parts of Prince George's County adjacent to DC seem to be without electricity, as well as Fort Washington to the south.

Looking outside currently, it seems the worst has moved on so I'm hoping for a reasonably gentle commute home.