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Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2001 03:07:26 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Be Prepared, Be Prepared

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On Tuesday I went out and bought new electrical everything. Got new
flashlights with new batteries. Got a 120 volt AC line monitor so I
always know what the voltage is. Got new batteries for my APC
uninterruptible power supplies.

So when the power went off half an hour ago, the emergency flashlight
was on my desk exactly where it was supposed to be. (Boy was it dark
until I switched it on.) And when the power came on five minutes later
I quickly checked the power line voltage and it was 121 volts -- no
"brownouts" or 135 volt transformer taps to worry about.

Except that all the computers went off. My APC uninterruptible power
supplies were over on the workbench next to the brand new replacement
batteries, awaiting my screwdriver.

(sigh)

I just started the command files which will run CHKDSK on all the
machines' HPFS partitions. (I use AUTOCHECK on the boot partitions
only.) It'll take at least 2 hours for them to complete.

I'm going home.

- Peter

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