Day: October 5, 2011

A friend pointed out that I written anything for a week.

I honestly don’t know where the time went.

I was doing things,  working out, reading, searching for a job, etc. The days have kind of run together, this may be a bad sign.

Monday of this week all the phones and internet into town were taken offline by some Edison workers who forgot to check where they were planning to do some digging. They took out 20 T-1 and 5 T-3 lines as well as the phones and cell service when they cut through a fiber optic cable.

I was curious about what was going on. I still had cell service but then I have an unobstructed view of the desert so I think I was hitting a cell tower out there. I’d reported a problem to Verizon, then turned on the ham radio.

Interesting to follow the local Citizen Emergency Response Team. I really hadn’t thought of the situation as an emergency but as I listened to the CERT Folks I realized that 911 was also down and that there are a lot of shut-ins here in town. Without Phones, and 911 they could easily have a problem and not be able to reach anyone. The CERT folks have a plan. As I listened it sounded like there were a few bumps in the road but they all handled the situation really well. Depending on the job front and the time constraints imposed by the inevitable commute I may get involved with these folks.

Of course if my job path takes me out of the state I can always join a similar group where I end up.

My Brother is arriving today. I’m looking forward to spending some time with him. I have no great plans but perhaps we’ll head out randomly and see what trouble we can get into.