We finally got the juice flowing again to the residence halls more than 20 hours after the power initially went out. Everything went dark at 5pm last night, but only buildings on the University's circuit were affected. It was curious to see our building, and the CS building and the parking garage across the street all darkened, but the city traffic light in between was fine. All the private businesses and homes right next door to us were unaffected. I'm sure last night was quite a boon to local businesses as plenty of hungry students (me included) ventured out for some warm food, since the dining hall was shut down.
Some of the best jokes about the situation I heard last night:
I'm one of those CS students, but I haven't turned into one of those lab-hermits...... yet.
I got out of class a few minutes before 5pm last night, and just as I left the building, I heard a very loud, low rumbling noise coming from somewhere on campus. It almost sounded like fighter jets, but the sound was constant, like it was coming from a fixed location, and ubruptly ceased a few minutes later. After the power went out at 5pm, all the emergency lights came on in the dorms, but by ~6pm when the sun went down, it REALLY got dark, the emergency lights had used up all their spare power, so the entire night was spent in complete darkness.
This was also one of the coldest nights in a couple weeks, and with all the students' computers off, this place got cold FAST. So, everyone's been wearing heavy jackets around inside.
Plenty of people took the opportunity of the anonymity of the darkness to bust out a few cold ones, since there was little else to do. Somehow, I managed to finsh 2/3 of my physics homework due today by flashlight.
And, of course, the dorms have electric hot-water heaters, so there were no showers this morning, and I feel like crap. :frown:
Power to most of the campus was restored around midnight last night, but some buildings still had problems. The two buildings where I had class this morning were both without power, so those classes were cancelled.
It's good to have the juice flowing again. 20 hours of SETI-crunching downtime wasn't too much fun.
Some of the best jokes about the situation I heard last night:
- Now I know the university's cost-cutting measures are really getting out of hand!
- I'm sure they'll find some way to blame this on Enron.
- They do this annually to get the computer science students to leave the labs and go home and take a shower! :Q
I'm one of those CS students, but I haven't turned into one of those lab-hermits...... yet.
I got out of class a few minutes before 5pm last night, and just as I left the building, I heard a very loud, low rumbling noise coming from somewhere on campus. It almost sounded like fighter jets, but the sound was constant, like it was coming from a fixed location, and ubruptly ceased a few minutes later. After the power went out at 5pm, all the emergency lights came on in the dorms, but by ~6pm when the sun went down, it REALLY got dark, the emergency lights had used up all their spare power, so the entire night was spent in complete darkness.
This was also one of the coldest nights in a couple weeks, and with all the students' computers off, this place got cold FAST. So, everyone's been wearing heavy jackets around inside.
Plenty of people took the opportunity of the anonymity of the darkness to bust out a few cold ones, since there was little else to do. Somehow, I managed to finsh 2/3 of my physics homework due today by flashlight.
And, of course, the dorms have electric hot-water heaters, so there were no showers this morning, and I feel like crap. :frown:
Power to most of the campus was restored around midnight last night, but some buildings still had problems. The two buildings where I had class this morning were both without power, so those classes were cancelled.
It's good to have the juice flowing again. 20 hours of SETI-crunching downtime wasn't too much fun.
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