tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post5869345062744309934..comments2024-03-24T18:43:18.706-04:00Comments on Darwinfish 2: Powerlessbluzdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-34560364951430876202012-07-08T14:35:35.717-04:002012-07-08T14:35:35.717-04:00I don't think there's any question... you ...I don't think there's any question... you definitely should do that. And be sure that at least one of them is the old "wired" kind, lest you be screwed during a power failure.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-24877533845805700352012-07-08T14:25:32.531-04:002012-07-08T14:25:32.531-04:00Yay for emergency preparedness! The Guy and I were...Yay for emergency preparedness! The Guy and I were just talking night before last about how we need to get a land line. It not only makes our security system monitoring a lot cheaper (ADT charges you $12.99 per month just to call your cell instead of your home phone), but we would also have it in case of a power outage.Mrs. Bachelor Girlhttp://www.mrsbachelorgirl.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-51289066660132032422012-07-03T16:45:13.075-04:002012-07-03T16:45:13.075-04:00I’m the first to admit that I got off lucky. I wa...I’m the first to admit that I got off lucky. I was dreading the following week of stress and cold showers, when I first heard the power-restore estimates. There’s only so much reading in the dark they my old eyes can take.<br /><br />It could be that I’m fortunate to live in an apartment complex… I know the power companies first fix the areas where they can get the most “bang for their buck.” Fixing areas with apartments gets hundreds of households back online, with a single fix.<br /><br />In fact, my experience was just about perfect… enough hardship to bitch about in a blog, but not enough to be truly distressful. I’m glad that I grew up preferring to sleep in absolute darkness (much to the chagrin of my younger brother.) Dad use to tell us (both), when we fought about the ambient bedtime lighting: “Just close your damned eyes… then it’s dark either way. Now don’t make me come in there.”bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-17057823662689345442012-07-03T16:44:12.009-04:002012-07-03T16:44:12.009-04:00Then you can tell your parents that a little suffe...Then you can tell your parents that a little suffering builds character.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-30662606467943037052012-07-03T13:35:46.412-04:002012-07-03T13:35:46.412-04:00You were EXTREMELY lucky. I know people who STILL...You were EXTREMELY lucky. I know people who STILL don't have power, and most only got it back Sunday night when it did return. But it sounds like you made the most of an unavoidable situation.<br /><br />I was even luckier. I lost mine BEFORE the storm. You heard me. It was so damn hot that some crucial piece of equipment overheated and blew up (spontaneous combustion FTW!) and we lost power at 5:30 Friday night. Which was fine as I had grabbed take out for dinner on the way home and it was still light out for a while, but then my house started getting quite hot, and then it started to get dark. Let me tell you . . . small kids DO NOT like to go to bed when it is pitch black. So that was fun. Luckily, they fixed whatever done did broked by 10:30 . . . just in time for the storm to hit and our power to pulse for 3 hours. But we were lucky and didn't lose it again. I will take that over all the people without for days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-87441702995817641122012-07-03T12:03:03.898-04:002012-07-03T12:03:03.898-04:00Glad to hear that your power came back on! Mine ne...Glad to hear that your power came back on! Mine never went out, but my parents' power just came back on this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-70212576284825128442012-07-02T18:06:00.590-04:002012-07-02T18:06:00.590-04:00Jessica,
Same happens here in Baltimore, especiall...Jessica,<br />Same happens here in Baltimore, especially in the downtown rowhouses. There are “cooling stations” set up all over the city, because people are liable to overheat and die, especially the elderly.<br /><br />For all my bitching, I got off light.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-31655598226284095792012-07-02T09:34:31.097-04:002012-07-02T09:34:31.097-04:00I agree about the heat. If the power went out here...I agree about the heat. If the power went out here right now, people would be overheating and dying. That's no exaggeration. And sleeping when you're hot is the worst!Jessica R.http://www.leelafish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-83079334567502365372012-07-01T22:59:12.591-04:002012-07-01T22:59:12.591-04:00And to think I was about to thank you for rushing ...And to think I was about to thank you for rushing to my defense.<br /><br />First of all, I print very little, especially spreadsheets. Too much paper waste.<br /><br />But most of all, what good is creating a list of where shit is, when it can be moved around without my knowledge? I never know where Pinky is going to put my stuff from one day to the next. Just finding my desk pen is an exercise in Where's Waldo.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-2145102987405323282012-07-01T22:56:06.907-04:002012-07-01T22:56:06.907-04:00Yeah, what Rik said. Fat load of good a spreadshe...Yeah, what Rik said. Fat load of good a spreadsheet would do me in a power outage.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-64497751151679787852012-07-01T21:51:51.689-04:002012-07-01T21:51:51.689-04:00Dear Cassie the power was out so no computer .... ...Dear Cassie the power was out so no computer .... I'm just SHOCKED He had NO paper back up filed away in the CLOSET !!!!!Reeiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-27122304410252279242012-07-01T19:43:45.989-04:002012-07-01T19:43:45.989-04:00Wait, wait, wait. HOLD THE PHONE. You mean to tell...Wait, wait, wait. HOLD THE PHONE. You mean to tell me that you don't have a spreadsheet handy to tell you where you keep shit in your house?!<br /><br />What is wrong with you?Cassiehttp://www.whosmydaddy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-48659060367652162212012-07-01T15:51:40.430-04:002012-07-01T15:51:40.430-04:00Agreed. It's always easier to warm up than to...Agreed. It's always easier to warm up than to cool off. And beer helps in any situation!bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-7031382049206804352012-07-01T15:48:09.513-04:002012-07-01T15:48:09.513-04:00I *think* it is worse to be without power when it ...I *think* it is worse to be without power when it is hot. We were without power for two days during Snowmageddon 2010 and our roads were impassable. We were freezing, but we could have just added more layers to keep warm. Plus we put some food (and beer!) outside in the snow. But when it is hot, you just can't take off your skin. Glad it was not so bad in your abode.Faciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165861407055831754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-90528144066864297592012-07-01T15:01:08.672-04:002012-07-01T15:01:08.672-04:00"I was fine, Luv, as long as I go' me gui..."I was fine, Luv, as long as I go' me guitar and a fifth'a Jack Daniels..."bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-78831382545390695792012-07-01T13:18:16.788-04:002012-07-01T13:18:16.788-04:00Keith to the RESCUE! Now you know how living in t...Keith to the RESCUE! Now you know how living in the 50's felt, hot, dark and boring.<br />Happy to see you awoke to POWER. Less dependent and VERY grateful.Mary Annnoreply@blogger.com