As mentioned, our power went off Wednesday evening. This morning (Friday) at 1:30, it came back on. Pretty obvious when lights come back on, electronics beep, etc. Woke up the entire house, so that was fun. I ran around bringing in food from outside, resetting the clocks and the thermostat, getting my computer server back up, etc.
And then at 1:50, the power went off again.
More disturbingly, it’s on for most of our neighborhood now; it’s just our street (which, admittedly, is a very long street) that’s now out. But we’re a much smaller target area for PEPCO’s repair crews now. So I guess everyone got it back at 1:30, then something happened to our little subsection 20 minutes later.
On the plus side, our insulation in the house is better than I thought; even after no heat for 1.5 days, it’s still only down to 53 degrees in the house. So we’ve got that going for us.
(In case you’re again wondering how I’m writing this, I came into work early this morning, since I can’t telecommute; I’ll be going back home mid-morning, armed with printouts and journals so I can do some work during naptime.)
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