bjarvis | Ack! No Electricity!

I left home a little early, planning to spend the balance of my day working from our basement computer room. The traffic lights near our house were not functioning; we've had heavy rains for the past two days so I wasn't overly surprised and besides I wasn't sure if they were on the same general circuit as the block on which we live.

Yup, they are.

We've apparently been without power since about 3 PM. I've shut down our Linux server; the wireless modem and DSL modem are running off the UPS for as long as it'll last so I'm able to get this message out. Still, we'll be out of juice soon. *sigh*

I really hope the pager doesn't go off... I'll only be able to telecommute as long as the batteries hold up!