“Power Outage”

Talking to Brian Andresen via IM this evening, I said something like, "Boom! Major thunderstorm, I'm shutting down."

Just as I pressed enter to send the message, the power went out. I just sat there staring at my laptop's screen, a little freaked out.

The UPS's kept everything running long enough for the systems to shut down cleanly (although they certainly make a lot of noise in the process!), but unfortunately the T1 went down too. The power's back, but Sprint says that the T1's going to take a little longer. "It's a regional outage, we'll contact you as soon as service has been restored.

I believe them. In two and a half years of service they've provided better service than I ever expected or even imagined could come from a company that big.

Anyway, with all the power out and the line down, Corinne and I sat out on the front porch and watched... um, the darkness. Then we got really bored and went out for some chinese food. Now the line still isn't back up, but at least *I* can get to the server to post this message! ;-)