Power Outage?
2022-Feb-26, Saturday 14:24So... as the title implies, our power went out just before 6 am. I know this because it blinked back on twice. The first time, my phone came on (at a point where I was turned towards it and my face was probably only a foot and a half away from it because of how I was lying, and the screen was facing me) and the light woke me up... then because I was asleep, I was confused about what was happening and after a few seconds of not being touched my phone turned off again. So at that point I was awake enough to realize that my phone had come on. I sat up, and picked it up to figure out why it would have done that. Of course it's dark again in the room, right? So just as I start to activate my phone screen the my main room light flashes on SUPER BRIGHT (because it was dark and it was sudden. I'm sure it was just the normal amount. lol.) for about half a second and then goes out again. So if anyone in California heard me yell "WHAT THE HELL??" in the middle of the night. I appologize for waking you.
It was at this point that I realized that not only was it dark. it was UNUSUALLY dark, so I peered out the window and realised that all the neighbor's lights were out and all the street lights and the whole block... and then realized that it looked like the whole neighborhood was out. So I went to the power company's website and sure enough. They were aware of a power outage. I reported for my area and decided to go back to sleep since it was estimated that it would be restored within the hour. Just at that moment EVERY SMART LIGHT IN THE HOUSE turned on. Power was restored, but the Alexas were rebooting. Then they couldn't connect to the Internet because the router wasn't finished booting yet. So because they couldn't connect to the Internet, apparently they also couldn't turn off light bulbs? Inside the house? Makes no sense. So I had to load the app and turn them off myself, after which I went to bed with no apparent wear and tear, other than that I slept only intermittently the rest of my sleep cycle, which was annoying.
And that's my story for today.
It was at this point that I realized that not only was it dark. it was UNUSUALLY dark, so I peered out the window and realised that all the neighbor's lights were out and all the street lights and the whole block... and then realized that it looked like the whole neighborhood was out. So I went to the power company's website and sure enough. They were aware of a power outage. I reported for my area and decided to go back to sleep since it was estimated that it would be restored within the hour. Just at that moment EVERY SMART LIGHT IN THE HOUSE turned on. Power was restored, but the Alexas were rebooting. Then they couldn't connect to the Internet because the router wasn't finished booting yet. So because they couldn't connect to the Internet, apparently they also couldn't turn off light bulbs? Inside the house? Makes no sense. So I had to load the app and turn them off myself, after which I went to bed with no apparent wear and tear, other than that I slept only intermittently the rest of my sleep cycle, which was annoying.
And that's my story for today.