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May. 12th, 2008 03:27 pmI overslept today.
The ongoing heavy rains and winds currently gripping Casa Greatbear and The Garage of Mayhem knocked out the power sometime this morning around the time Jeff left earlier. As a result, the alarm did not go off. However, when the power came back on, it was accompanied by strange sounds and bizarre behavior of light controls, appliances and whatnot. A strange smell emanated from the basement I found to be a blown power supply that operates a car radio I have down there as an 'entertainment center' in the workshop. Checking in the Lab of Doom on the other side I find my server off, the UPS running and things generally haphazard in an electrical sense. Turning on the UPS that runs an old PC I used down there I was greeted by a loud bang and more odd smells despite everything functioning normally. I shut all that down and will track down the culprit later. Most likely a blown surge strip or noise filter.
With all the potential (no pun intended) electrical hell and the mental exhaustion from the past couple days, I took the day off for obvious reasons. Outside resembles a rain forest, with some climbing plants under the deck pulled away and slumped over, while everything else is drooping and soaked from the most rain we had in ages. It feels more like early March than the middle of May. The rain is much needed, though. I would tell you how much has fallen, but the rain gauge I got a couple days prior got knocked off it's perch by winds and is no longer sending to the base station.
The grass will undoubtedly be knee high before it dries up enough to cut. The veggie garden is a mud bog. I have been trying to take care of indoor tasks in the meantime. It seems to never end, but such is life here. I'd have it no other way.
The ongoing heavy rains and winds currently gripping Casa Greatbear and The Garage of Mayhem knocked out the power sometime this morning around the time Jeff left earlier. As a result, the alarm did not go off. However, when the power came back on, it was accompanied by strange sounds and bizarre behavior of light controls, appliances and whatnot. A strange smell emanated from the basement I found to be a blown power supply that operates a car radio I have down there as an 'entertainment center' in the workshop. Checking in the Lab of Doom on the other side I find my server off, the UPS running and things generally haphazard in an electrical sense. Turning on the UPS that runs an old PC I used down there I was greeted by a loud bang and more odd smells despite everything functioning normally. I shut all that down and will track down the culprit later. Most likely a blown surge strip or noise filter.
With all the potential (no pun intended) electrical hell and the mental exhaustion from the past couple days, I took the day off for obvious reasons. Outside resembles a rain forest, with some climbing plants under the deck pulled away and slumped over, while everything else is drooping and soaked from the most rain we had in ages. It feels more like early March than the middle of May. The rain is much needed, though. I would tell you how much has fallen, but the rain gauge I got a couple days prior got knocked off it's perch by winds and is no longer sending to the base station.
The grass will undoubtedly be knee high before it dries up enough to cut. The veggie garden is a mud bog. I have been trying to take care of indoor tasks in the meantime. It seems to never end, but such is life here. I'd have it no other way.
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