I wish our relationship was more like Jenn and Emily's. They have a nine pistachio relations

[dolari]

Tonight was a VERY wierd night. Work was even more insane than usually with a backlog of calls from everywhere. Much busier than I remember it being in a long time.

However what was REALLY wierd was the "Battery Situation." I was in such a rush to get to work, that I forgot my Power Cable for my Laptop (along with everything else). So I figure "Oh, well, I got a full charge on my battery." IT should have lasted 2 hours. When I got it out of the truck 15 minutes later, the battery (whch was only in standby) was dead.

No problem, I have a radio with brand new batteries! Turn it on...and it's drained in about 15 minutes. So I decide to check out the flashlight batteries in my truck. The flashlight is hardly ever used, it's batteries should be pretty fresh. I turned on the light to check out the strength...and the light went brown almost imediately.

I was just thinking to myself about how it's strange that all those devices would brown out so quick, while I was gluing my Enterprise model together (it's snap-together, and some of the seams just didn't snap close enough), and I turn on the lights on the model...only to see the lights visibly brown out.....

So, who let off an EMP over my house?!

Comments

Pistachios?

[iqtech.livejournal.com]

Please, oh Wise Nut Mistress, how can one determine the pistachioness of their relationship?

Re: Pistachios?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

It's the amount of pistachios a pistachio loving girlfriend is willing to share with me. :9

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

It's the earth's magnetic field. Fluctuations are minor, but Austin's minerological profile enhances certain effects in some areas creating an air ground that drains power. Electronic devices would be the most sensitive.

No, it's not complete bullshit, but I'd back away fromit if someone in one of the appropriate fields stepped up and called me an idiot because I don't know enough to defend it.

I have, however, gotten the chance to watch it happen.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

I woudln't doubt the magnetic thing, especially if there's an X-Class flare taking the local magnetic field and pureeing it.

[ghostangel.livejournal.com]

http://www.spaceweather.com/ <---scroll down on the left side. It appears that theres a higher chance than usual of Geomagnetic storms over the next two days....

Speaking of, yesterday, I was using my CD player and it kept randomly cutting out for 10-30 seconds at a time, then coming back on like nothing happened. @_@; Mind you, the buffer on this thing is HUGE (over 2 minutes) so it wasn't that....

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

I wonder if we got hit with an X-Class Flare?