It’s chilly here in Saskatchewan. It was –48 (with the wind) this morning which was cold enough that it takes a toll on cars, houses, and especially old hotels. At work yesterday some pipes froze and while that was being taken care of, a 6 inch piece of wire fell and hit some old plumbing which flooded out an office… the office where some of our vital hardware and networking equipment was located in. That took down the internet, fax, essential computer systems and made a massive mess. When the water was turned back on, we had some other pipes rupture which flooded out the basement and women’s dorm. No damage was done but our three Shop Vac’s got a workout.
The computers made it through but I assume we will see some warped motherboards in the next couple of weeks but that isn’t a huge problem. We lost a high speed modem last night and the router this morning. Of course the second I needed to file my column, Sask Connected! went off line.
Today the flooding wasn’t done and a sprinkler head started to leak at one of our entrances. It was so cold that the water froze before it hit the ground. I’m serious. Wendy and I walked out the kitchen door and we felt the spray. By the time I had talked to the boss, the water has created an ice chunk on the wall. It didn’t even run down the wall. The entrance is heated but with 100 people coming in and out, the cold is just overwhelming.
I did have my USB hand warmer at work today. It doesn’t heat the office but it does make it a little easier to type.
I can’t wait until it warms up.
