It was frustrating. I could stand on the porch and see lights half a block to the west. I could see lights half a block to the north. To the south out the kitchen window, nothing but blackness. Sunday afternoon it was 83 degrees here in the Salt Lake valley, by monday things changed.
It took a while before the tons of dust in the air, kicked up by winds gusting into the 80+ mph range, was washed out by the snow. For a while it was just raining mud. What a mess. At least I didn't come home to find half a tree in the driveway like I did last year. What I did find was a house with no electricity. About 2:40 pm MDT we lost power. Roughly 14 minutes later the UPS powering the autox.team.net servers ran out of juice. And it took about 20 hours for power to come back. So while I wish I were spending the day getting a Spitfire ready for the IVR race this weekend, I'll be spending a lot of time cleaning up computer stuff. So it goes. I feel bad that the power loss and subsequent loss of team.net services happened just after I got the first batch of donation checks out of the PO box. It just doesn't seem right to have people pay for a service right before it disappears. But on the other hand, maybe some folks might have realized what a day without team.net would be like, and might add another 5 or 10 bucks to their donation. I've been meaning to buy a generator to have in the van for events like IVR races at Wendover, perhaps this incident underscores the need for one. I was going to upgrade the UPS with some of the funds from this spring fund drive, but I doubt I'll get enough to get a unit that will last over 24 hours, and the necessary wiring mods needed to get it working in the house! At any rate, power seems to have stabilized, the lists, web site and such are back on the air. Sorry for the inconvenience. mjb. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
