Batten Down the Hatches and Man the Sump Pump

With a massive storm headed up the east coast today, I read Jeff Partridge’s piece on Weathering the Storm with great interest. I’m easily distracted on days like this, as I spend my time with with one eye on weather.com and my ears tuned into the sound of the sump pump. I rode out most of the storm in my office, but when the thunder started to rumble, I shut down the PC and headed inside …

While the computers in my office are plugged into uninterruptible power supplies, I don't like to temp fate in an electrical storm. I got into the funny habit of shutting off the computers during thunderstorms a long long time ago. The galaxy wasn't far far far away, but it was before the days of PCs.

Twentysomething years later, thunderstorm breaks are still part of my standard operating procedure, uninterruptible power supplies or not. But these days, work doesn't grind to a halt ... I just pick up the trusty rusty old iBook and head to the couch to work wirelessly.

Storm Predator looks pretty cool. I'd try it out tonight, but it doesn't run on OSX. With my PC shut down for the night, I'll have to download the demo in the morning.