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when the lights go out...

06 November, 2008 18:08 CST6CDT

I was nonchalantly entering my apartment..  from three ends of the room I hear shivering beeps and warning lights...  I investigated further,wind & rain cause havoc with my electrical needs! and everything looked all right.  I was wrong - the up-step conversion was fooling my common sense.  I went to turn on a light and it slowly came forth from a dull fade until a half working night lamp.

The unimportant power segment of my apartment I noticed was down, the inverters were keeping my servers and network alive.

My mother lives just a couple blocks down, so I gave her a call to see if anything strange was going on down the street.. (yes, she DOES live that close - we get along pretty good).

"Andy, I have to call you back, the power poll just exploded and is on fire - I am calling the fire department".  O.K. - still not knowing exactly what was going on, still getting a readout of 40 volts comeing through the lines.

Though as she said, the sun sky brightened even lighter with white flashes and a firey top of a pole.

wind & rain cause havoc with my electrical needs!The electric then went out completely and batteries were holding this place together.  After a while, the battery back-ups died, and I, with half of the south side of this city were without heat and electricity.

Four hours later, and just minutes before starting this post (after making sure my network was in order) there was light, I turned off my flashlight, and was honestly disappointed as during this time I was enjoying a drop of my 2007 Tamil Santalum Album infused to my body.

Back to earth, and the hot hot indoors with a cold cold outdoor environment - these computers will start to generate once more...

A year ago I was writing...

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gas chromatography comparisons of my 2002 Tamil, and 2007 Sri Lanka Sandalwood essential oil

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Main Entry:   spew   Pronunciation:   \ˈspyü\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spīwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein   First Known Use: before 12th century

intransitive verb
  1. VOMIT
  2. to come forth in a flood or gush
  3. to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE
transitive verb
  1. VOMIT
  2. to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity <a volcano spewing out ash> —often used with out —spew·er noun
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