susandennis | Mar. 6th, 2017

Mar. 6th, 2017

I shut down my book and turned off the flashlight at 10. It was really too dark and quiet to sleep but finally I managed only to have the building fire alarm go off about 11. I stayed in bed and just listened. Finally, in what seemed like forever, I heard the firetruck and then in another forever the alarm got turned off and I went back to sleep. (In retrospect, I think the firetruck was probably here in under 5 minutes and I think I slept through some of the alarm.) A little after midnight, the power came back on. I got up to turn off the living room light. Then, about 3 minutes later, I got up again because TiVo started up again and the TV was on. And then I went back to sleep with no problems.

When I got up this morning, my Wifi was not back up. I booked that fix for apres swim. However, when I got home, it was all up and operational all on its own.

Electronically, I did way better than expected. The only thing that came close to running out of battery was my one good tablet that I use for most. But, my one really good external battery fixed that right up and fast. Data wise I was in great shape. The T-Mobile data stream was strong and steady. I probably could have streamed video with it. But, I didn't try. My Netflix downloads kept me entertained.

I had downloaded the first three episodes of one series that I only watched two of but now I am hooked. It's called No Tomorrow. It was apparently a series on the CW last fall. Not clear how I missed that. But I've found it now and there are 11 more episodes to watch so, fun!

I also did not use half of my flashlights. Didn't need 'em. And this morning, I switched my T-Mobile account to their prepaid call/text only $3 a month plan. It will keep that phone number alive and give me a viable backup sim that I can upgrade on the fly if I need to. I had $30 on my account so now my backup is even paid for the rest of the year.

But, mainly, I survived.

The fire alarm was actually a flood. In the garage. The sprinkler system apparently blew after a backup caused by no electricity. It's an isolated section and, if full (which it probably wasn't) holds 18 cars. The cleanup was underway when I left for the pool at 5:30 this morning. I ran into the HOA president when I got back and she said the major issue right now is that no one parked there can move their cars yet. Unhappy condo props = really bad Monday for lots o' people. There is a condo meeting tonight so I'll get the skippy then.

Today I will be making a couple more dolls and then it's time for photog and packing up for delivery tomorrow. And that's really it for the goings on this week. Nothing on the calendar. All's clear and free for whatever I want or whatever happens. Nice.

But, first I need to put away all the flashlights and external batteries and wash the dishes from last night.

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Turns out that the sprinkler blow up, blew up the concrete on the ramp leading from that part of the garage to the street. So that's why none of the cars can get out. That's a fairly severe YIKES! Glad it's not my part of the garage and sorry for those who are trapped.

Also turns out that when my system came back up, my ISP gave me a different IP address. I would not know or care except for my webcams. I also have that covered with a redirected URL. I keep a little program on my Windows machine which polls the sitch periodically and when it sees an IP change, it tells the mother ship that controls the URL.

ONLY... I totally forgot to install the little program when I got the new computer. So the mother ship didn't know and the URLs didn't work, nor did the old IP. The cams worked fine when I checked them because I only looked on the internal network. Finally my brother asked me if the power was still out. Ooops.

Everything fixed now. And I consolidated all the URLS on one page.

http://susandennis.com/allcams/

I bagged up all the adoptees after getting the group shots. And now I'm done until HOA meeting time. And the Mariners are winning again. They lost yesterday wasn't that much fun. Yeah it's only Spring training but it still matters to me.

I use the web based editor to write LJ entries in my Chrome browser. It used to remember little things ('last used') and now it doesn't and it's driving me a little nuts. For instance, when I click on picture, it defaults to upload and not 'last used' which is past URL. I have been crawling all over look for some switch to fix this and can't find it. It's like a technical hangnail.