Not reality until it actually bites you in the ass, eh?
Well, I can say that we've been getting calls at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since at least the end of May asking us to cut back on our usage and notifying us of what stage electrical emergency California is in. (We use...well...lots of electicity.;) It seemed like we hit Stage One just about every day over the summer. I was surprised at how quiet things were getting recently in the face of the shortage until a couple days ago when the announcements started again. We hit Stage Three today and were asked to turn off all electricity consuming appliances that were not directly connected with the function we were performing. Basically, servers, workstations, and enough lighting to scrape by were on in most offices that I saw. Otherwise, squat. Everything was pretty dark. It's really weird to walk through the hallways of one of the highest of high tech places and see people working in darkened offices with black hallways.
Well, at least they kept the computers on. Priorities, you know.;)
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Not reality until it actually bites you in the ass, eh?
;) It seemed like we hit Stage One just about every day over the summer. I was surprised at how quiet things were getting recently in the face of the shortage until a couple days ago when the announcements started again. We hit Stage Three today and were asked to turn off all electricity consuming appliances that were not directly connected with the function we were performing. Basically, servers, workstations, and enough lighting to scrape by were on in most offices that I saw. Otherwise, squat. Everything was pretty dark. It's really weird to walk through the hallways of one of the highest of high tech places and see people working in darkened offices with black hallways.
;)
Well, I can say that we've been getting calls at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since at least the end of May asking us to cut back on our usage and notifying us of what stage electrical emergency California is in. (We use...well...lots of electicity.
Well, at least they kept the computers on. Priorities, you know.