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Thursday, December 27th, 2001 08:46 am
Not, of course, that Oregon ever has windstorms. Nahhhh. Can't be.

The power went out last night. Not long; everything on a UPS or battery (namely, all the computers, even my desktop which has about 15 minutes worth of power from that UPS at most) came through it fine, still on, untouched. The radio reset, the microwave would have if we'd bothered to put its clock back after the last power outage (a couple weeks ago!), and so did the clock radio.

Scott was out late gaming (he has this week off); he got back after the outage, reset the clock, reset the alarm, turned it on. Bless him. It didn't help - it didn't go off, for reasons known only to alarm clocks. But bless him anyway, he tried.

So I got up at 15 minutes to when I meant to be at work. Decided it was a lost cause, got here only a half hour later than I intended.

It's windy out there. Hair whips about. Trees lash. The car vibrates as you drive down the highway.

I'm glad it's not raining. I'm pretty sure umbrellas would not stay in hand long.
Thursday, December 27th, 2001 09:29 am (UTC)
*thinks back* Hmmmm....gee, I don't think I remember anything that could rightly be called a windstorm......*snorks*

Yah, the mysterious ways of alarm clocks. o_O I've never understood those...there should be an anthropological study done.