This morning the Orlando area, and really pretty much the entire eastern United States has been dealing with storms ranging from snow to wind to thunder storms. Here in Orlando we had Wind, Rain and T-Storms that passed through this morning.
I like to sleep in, and when I got up at 10:30 I looked outside and noticed that it was very slightly raining. Around 11 I checked the window again, and there wasnt any change, so I went into the shower. Just as I got out of the shower, turned off the bathroom light and opened the door, the power in my building went out. Just for a split second though. Since the clock came back on I tried to turn on the sink light, but it did not work. Next I tried my light, and that was acting more like a strobe light, and finally checked my roomates light, which was very dim. All my electronics were shut down, except for my clock which managed to keep the time despite the fact that I never put a battery in it.
I booted up my computer and discovered that the ethernet connection was down, so I enabled the WiFi which unfortunately could not detect the network. Somewhat worried that my ethernet card might have fried I tested the connection on my tablet and it couldnt connect either. However, my tablet could connect to the wireless and since 11:30 that is what I have been using.
I went to the library around 2 to meet a group from my Technical Presentations class, about our presentation tomorrow. A fairly productive meeting for once, but when I got back to my dorm I found this note on the door:
I am not sure why they want us to use electricity sparingly, but I am sure it is for a good reason. I still havent seen any physical plant or electrical company employees fixing anything or even any IT guys trying to get the wired LAN back up in the building.
Of course I spoke to someone shortly who lives in another hall and they just had a brownout, yet now it is sunny, so I am hoping that is just a sign they are trying to get the issue resolved.
Either way this is a bit of a pain, as I need to get work done and doing so under the power of my small desk lamp and LCD monitor glow just isnt going to be good when it gets later in the night.
UPDATE:
Well around 6:30 we started to experience some strange things with the electricity. My desk lamp and my roomate’s desklamps both got really dim. I thought maybe my lightbulb was on its last leg at first. My roomate went ahead and shut down his computer, and a few seconds later our power went back out. About 30 seconds later, the power came back on and everything was back to working order including all the lights. Also the LAN is back online! I am sure glad that they were able to get everything fixed before tonight….