Greetings from the stormy pacific northwest! We have power!!
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Good to hear that both you and your wife are fine. The reports I was seeing this morning showed considerable damage across the northwest. It was not pretty.
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if they're out of warranty, you could try a wirecutter mod to disable the speaker. The ones i have are all black consumer model shoeboxes from the last 2.5y, not the somewhat taller back ones, or the tall and skinny white models. IIRC the 2000 vintage white one I gave to my parents had an option to mute as well.
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dan neely wrote:
wirecutter mod
Yup, that's exactly what I've been thinking of doing, that or simply jabbing a screw driver through the piezo beeper thing. I'm mystified as to why you need it to beep at all, if the power goes out you very likely know, or care to hear about it for only a minute at the most, after that it's just pointless.
More people died from worry than ever bled to death. - RAH
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John Cardinal wrote:
the hot tub is under a rain proof shelter!
but do you have a firebox underneath to heat it when the utilities are out?
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John Cardinal wrote:
the hot tub is under a rain proof shelter!
but do you have a firebox underneath to heat it when the utilities are out?
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dan neely wrote:
wirecutter mod
Yup, that's exactly what I've been thinking of doing, that or simply jabbing a screw driver through the piezo beeper thing. I'm mystified as to why you need it to beep at all, if the power goes out you very likely know, or care to hear about it for only a minute at the most, after that it's just pointless.
More people died from worry than ever bled to death. - RAH
Back before OSes could do forced shutdowns reasonably safely it had some virtue. IF you had left unsaved work on a DOS box 20 years ago the alarm getting you out of bed would be the only way you'd be able to save it during an extended outage. But now, it's just a checkbox on marketing comparison tables. :rolleyes:
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What a storm we had here! Oregon to Washington state to coastal British Columbia were hit last Sunday night with the first big winter storm of the year and it was huge. Our power went out at 5:30am Monday morning as winds were peaking at 100km/hr. We have a home office and about 8 UPS's, none of which have the option of turning off the stupid alarm that tells you the power just went out. As is traditional when the power went out we lay in bed listening to the howling wind and the cacophony of UPS's alarms waiting to see if it was a short blackout or would continue. Also traditional, at that time I was fervently wishing for a horrible punishment for all those idiots who designed those UPS's with the alarm that can not be disabled. Clearly after 10 minutes the power was not coming back on and the wind sounded worse and worse. Also it was absolutely pouring rain and the wind was so strong you could hear it slapping against the house in gusts. In this part of the world there are a *lot* of very big trees and after a long hard rain and high winds they start to fall down across roads, power lines etc making a horrible mess. The power did not come back on, my wife got up and shut off the damned ups's. Tried to get back to sleep but couldn't, finally got up around 7am, grabbed the notebook and drove into town to get a coffee at Starbucks and get online and answer the first tech support questions of the day. Driving in was...hard to describe..apocalyptic might be best. It's about 10 minutes into town from my house and the highway was deserted due to the weather and the long weekend holiday monday. The wind was driving straight at us, filled with rain. I had the wipers on high speed and could barely see as I aquaplaned in the pools of water on the highway. Branches and bits of branches were flying off trees on to the road which was already littered with branches. When I say branches, I mean branches from 50 foot plus fir trees. These branches average 6 to 15 feet in length, weigh easily 50 pounds or more, they would be considered trees in their own right in many places in the world. So I'm picking my way around branches, keeping an eye up in the air as well as on the road to dodge any that come down. My trusty Subaru is ideal for this kind of stuff and honestly there's few things as enjoyable as going out for a drive in this kind of weather. As we get to the edge of town, there is a river that runs right beside the road, it's so high it's only about a foot below the road itself. As we drive f
Well congrats on your narrow escape. We didn't get hit nearly that bad, luckily. We usually get hit real hard when the wind comes howling down the columbia gorge....
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What a storm we had here! Oregon to Washington state to coastal British Columbia were hit last Sunday night with the first big winter storm of the year and it was huge. Our power went out at 5:30am Monday morning as winds were peaking at 100km/hr. We have a home office and about 8 UPS's, none of which have the option of turning off the stupid alarm that tells you the power just went out. As is traditional when the power went out we lay in bed listening to the howling wind and the cacophony of UPS's alarms waiting to see if it was a short blackout or would continue. Also traditional, at that time I was fervently wishing for a horrible punishment for all those idiots who designed those UPS's with the alarm that can not be disabled. Clearly after 10 minutes the power was not coming back on and the wind sounded worse and worse. Also it was absolutely pouring rain and the wind was so strong you could hear it slapping against the house in gusts. In this part of the world there are a *lot* of very big trees and after a long hard rain and high winds they start to fall down across roads, power lines etc making a horrible mess. The power did not come back on, my wife got up and shut off the damned ups's. Tried to get back to sleep but couldn't, finally got up around 7am, grabbed the notebook and drove into town to get a coffee at Starbucks and get online and answer the first tech support questions of the day. Driving in was...hard to describe..apocalyptic might be best. It's about 10 minutes into town from my house and the highway was deserted due to the weather and the long weekend holiday monday. The wind was driving straight at us, filled with rain. I had the wipers on high speed and could barely see as I aquaplaned in the pools of water on the highway. Branches and bits of branches were flying off trees on to the road which was already littered with branches. When I say branches, I mean branches from 50 foot plus fir trees. These branches average 6 to 15 feet in length, weigh easily 50 pounds or more, they would be considered trees in their own right in many places in the world. So I'm picking my way around branches, keeping an eye up in the air as well as on the road to dodge any that come down. My trusty Subaru is ideal for this kind of stuff and honestly there's few things as enjoyable as going out for a drive in this kind of weather. As we get to the edge of town, there is a river that runs right beside the road, it's so high it's only about a foot below the road itself. As we drive f
Wow, which part are you in? We're on the Olympic Peninnsula in Washington State. It wasn't too bad. Thurston County to the south of us got nailed pretty badly. Came in to work this morning with all our servers down due to a failed supervisor on the main switch and a failed UPS. We only just got everything back online. Flynn
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Wow, which part are you in? We're on the Olympic Peninnsula in Washington State. It wasn't too bad. Thurston County to the south of us got nailed pretty badly. Came in to work this morning with all our servers down due to a failed supervisor on the main switch and a failed UPS. We only just got everything back online. Flynn
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What a storm we had here! Oregon to Washington state to coastal British Columbia were hit last Sunday night with the first big winter storm of the year and it was huge. Our power went out at 5:30am Monday morning as winds were peaking at 100km/hr. We have a home office and about 8 UPS's, none of which have the option of turning off the stupid alarm that tells you the power just went out. As is traditional when the power went out we lay in bed listening to the howling wind and the cacophony of UPS's alarms waiting to see if it was a short blackout or would continue. Also traditional, at that time I was fervently wishing for a horrible punishment for all those idiots who designed those UPS's with the alarm that can not be disabled. Clearly after 10 minutes the power was not coming back on and the wind sounded worse and worse. Also it was absolutely pouring rain and the wind was so strong you could hear it slapping against the house in gusts. In this part of the world there are a *lot* of very big trees and after a long hard rain and high winds they start to fall down across roads, power lines etc making a horrible mess. The power did not come back on, my wife got up and shut off the damned ups's. Tried to get back to sleep but couldn't, finally got up around 7am, grabbed the notebook and drove into town to get a coffee at Starbucks and get online and answer the first tech support questions of the day. Driving in was...hard to describe..apocalyptic might be best. It's about 10 minutes into town from my house and the highway was deserted due to the weather and the long weekend holiday monday. The wind was driving straight at us, filled with rain. I had the wipers on high speed and could barely see as I aquaplaned in the pools of water on the highway. Branches and bits of branches were flying off trees on to the road which was already littered with branches. When I say branches, I mean branches from 50 foot plus fir trees. These branches average 6 to 15 feet in length, weigh easily 50 pounds or more, they would be considered trees in their own right in many places in the world. So I'm picking my way around branches, keeping an eye up in the air as well as on the road to dodge any that come down. My trusty Subaru is ideal for this kind of stuff and honestly there's few things as enjoyable as going out for a drive in this kind of weather. As we get to the edge of town, there is a river that runs right beside the road, it's so high it's only about a foot below the road itself. As we drive f
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John Cardinal wrote:
we have a hand crank coffee grinder and a camping espresso maker that just needs fire.
Well, Thank goodness you have the essentials needed for survival... :rolleyes: Glad to hear you're both alright and your home has come out mostly unscathed.
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