shellylh

I hadn't really thought about one. I have never lost work due to the computer suddenly shutting down because of a power outage but maybe I have been lucky. Will your computer run better in the long term if you always shut down safely? Can you use this with a surge protector. I have a Zero Surge right now which I think is better than the surge in the APC. I have been less than thrilled with some of my plastic APC surge protectors in the past especially because half the time I plug something in, it doesn't get power (poor connections). Maybe this one is better.

Ok, so it might do a reboot instead of just turning off if there was a surge or very brief power interruption (although I do have a good surge protector). I assume that if it is a long enough outage then it would just turn off.

I think the problem is that we have already had a LOT of rain over the last month or two so the ground was already completely saturated and the bayous were pretty full. (It wasn't as bad as Tropical Storm Allison which dumped 38.6" of rain in Houston over 6 days.) I am so sick of rain.

What does a "panic" mean? Would there be something in the system.log file when this happens?

I also found the following in the system.log files. Does anyone know what the code 5 means? May 26 01:00:00 Shellys-iMac kernel[0]: Previous sleep cause: 5 May 26 02:48:47 Shellys-iMac kernel[0]: Previous sleep cause: 5

I was trying to figure out if my power was out last night during the storm so I can figure out whether to throw away perishable foods. I think my computer (imac) was on when I came home this morning (although I was tired so I certainly could have turned it on without thinking). I don't have the "startup automatically after a power failure" checked in energy saver nor do I have a UPS. If I type "last" in terminal, it has a reboot at 4:37am this morning (I was not here at that time). Also, the system log says 4:37:43 AM locationd: locationd was started after an unclean shutdown So that seems to indicated that computer shut down and restarted on its own. I did a test. I unplugged my imac for about a minute. It didn't start up on its own. When I did start it up (after I turned it on), it said the same thing as above. Could it be that there was a very brief power disruption/flicker that caused it to reboot on its own?

Back home. Everything looks ok. I'll probably throw away some perishable items since my guess is that the power was out for most of the night. Next time I'm riding out the tornado watch/storm at home (I still probably wouldn't have slept much here either). Hopefully there is no next time. It was like a mini hurricane but without warning.

The rain just won't stop - place are getting between 6" - 11". We are still under a flash flooding warning for another 2 hours. Sleeping on an exercise mat is not going so well. I hope my car and house aren't flooded. Now I wish I would have stayed home (although it is possible we still don't have power).

Everything looks wonderful Al!

I'm safe here. I just may have to sleep in the office since I don't know when the flash flooding will end. My great idea of getting work done hasn't worked out so well because I keep checking on the weather (and Netflix). It sure would be nice to have Tim here at times like these.

According to Centerpoint Energy outage tracker, we don't have any electricity at my house right now. It's a good thing I went to the office. Hope all the food I just bought doesn't go bad.

Shit, that is scary. The weather in Texas and the other states in the great plains has been crazy recently. Glad you are ok. I actually decided to come to the office to work tonight because of the tornado watch (since we basically don't have a good place in the house if a tornado were to hit nearby).

Cheers to those who has given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/business/dealbook/charter-time-warner-cable-deal.html?_r=0

A month in bed.

Looks good to me.

Definitely a win!

Please fax some leftovers.

I'm so jealous! I was awakened by severe thunderstorms (with a tornado warning) this morning at 6:30am and couldn't go back to sleep (after going to sleep around 2am). I don't like tornado warnings because I don't have any rooms on the bottom floor without a window.

So sorry Nate. It really sucks when everything decides to break at once. We had a dripping noise in our wall once. It turned out that the water heater was dripping because the pressure release valve was bad. The reason it was dripping into the wall was because whoever installed the hot water heater (which is in the attic) put a ~2" long drain pipe into the wall (so that it looked like it went all the way down the wall but it didn't).

The saddest part about it was that he was killed in a car accident in a taxi from the airport. He was coming back from Norway where he had just received the Abel prize (one of the two most prestigious prizes in mathematics). I guess he at least got to have that experience. https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_04_04.html

Jeffy, Tim and I really liked the feel of the Tempurpedic Rhapsody (I didn't like the one with cooling because it felt too cold to me) but in the end we decided to get a latex bed for the following reasons. (1) I bought a pillow from Tempurpedic and couldn't use it (because of the smell) for 2 months. Tim was able to use it after a couple of weeks but I am more sensitive to smells. The first couple of weeks, I had to keep it in the guest room because it made the room so smelly. I can't imagine what would happen with an entire bed. (2) People have complained that the Tempurpedic mattresses are as well made as they used to be. (3) They don't completely divulge what the mattress is made from and what the weights of the foam are. (3) They were more expensive than their competition (even some of the quality latex mattresses). (4) Complaints of mold on some of them (although this may be because of user error). If it is not too far to drive, I would check out Foam Sweet Foam which is where I plan to get my next mattress if my life ever settles down. http://www.foamsweetfoam.com/latex

Glad you were able to get it working again for the short term. I hate when you can't get people you want to hire to do something to call you back (I've been trying to get someone to fix the flashing on some pipes on the roof for weeks. I guess it doesn't help that we keep having heavy thunderstorms.

I used to do that but they annoyed me. I guess I probably should start doing that again.

Unfortunately, I already use google calendar and Zoe was on there. I just forget to look at it sometimes, especially on the weekends and in the summer months. Also, google calendar isn't going to help me book flights correctly.