Heat wave in Seattle may take down the Murk

[annathepiper]

As many of y’all know we’re heading into what’s getting called a probable record-breaking heat wave here in the greater Seattle area. Which does, in a word, suck.

It sucks extra given that the Murk does not have full-house AC. While we do have a nice little portable unit we can park in the media room, and which will therefore keep solarbird, risu, spazzkat, and myself from melting into shapeless puddles, our server closet isn’t so lucky. It’s gotten pretty hot in there today and the heat wave is only just getting started.

So Dara fears she may have to conduct controlled shutdowns of our servers during the hottest parts of the day so as to prevent the boxes from overheating and frying themselves. Should this happen, mail and web services hosted by the Murk will unfortunately be affected. So if you’re wondering where any of the blogs we host went, or why our mailing lists aren’t relaying mail, or why the MurkMUSH went down, this’ll be why.

We’ll try to get notice out as we can, but that notice may by necessity be short. Keep an eye on murknet for any updates as they happen. And if you need to get in touch with me for any reason this week, it’ll probably be better to do so at my gmail address.

Thanks all, and those of you in the PNW, stay cool!

Mirrored from annathepiper.org.

Comments

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Wow, how hot is it getting there? I truthfully don't know what normal for the Northwest is this time of year. :) Whatever it is, if you don't have central air, ::hugs:: and good luck.

(It was 112 or so here yesterday. I had to actually put the air on in my car, just so I wouldn't pass out while sitting on the I-15.)

[annathepiper]

Today's projected high for Kenmore is 97; tomorrow's is 101. :( This is definitely not normal for these parts. Seattle-area summers are more like 70's-80's, mostly.

And yeah, no central air. Many houses here don't in fact have it; usually it's not needed. My workplace has AC, which is delightful. Dara's also very good at keeping the house habitable. It's just that getting to work and back again will be the difficult part, especially given that I'll be walking to the bus stop during the hottest part of the day. YAY!

[batyatoon]

I just have to say I love your icon. :D

[annathepiper]

Thanks! Credit to janne, who made it from the Gallery on elfquest.com. Seemed a very good icon to use!

[caligogreywings.livejournal.com]

Oh you poor poor things. I bet y'all have no idea how to deal. I'm not being sarcastic at all here, I do really feel for you. We get summers like this all the time, but we're used to it, you know?

My biggest tip is to take cool showers often. When you get up, when you get home, and right before bed. I often have to sleep with an ice pack wrapped in a thin dish towel, in places where the ac doesn't get as cold as I'd like it.

Try to carry your umbrella with you for that walk home, because nothing beats about 5-10 degrees of bad heat like a little shade. And maybe pack a pickle for the walk, as well, to keep sodium levels good, stave off cramps, and help your body's water level stay normal. it sounds ridiculous, but take it from a band nerd from the South.

You guys don't overstress yourselves up there, and if you'd like a visit to the Sauna--I mean the South, lemme know. :P

[annathepiper]

You are most correct, we are really not used to dealing with this kind of heat up here. While businesses of course have AC, a lot of people's houses don't. We're lucky at the Murk to have even the small unit we do have. And we only break it out once every couple of years.

solarbird and I both have experience with Kentucky summers, though, and spazzkat has experience with Virginia, so we are better able to deal than many. Doesn't mean we like it though. *^_^*;;

Dara's been working very hard to keep the house as habitable as possible. We have a bunch of fans going in addition to the portable AC unit and that's more or less helping. There are multiple ceiling fans in the house, which is good too.

Really, the bitch of it for me is less the house or work than it is getting to and from both places, mostly from work to home since that's the hottest part of the day and most of my commute is walking uphill on the way home. I've stopped frequently for cold beverages, which helps. Good point about the pickle, too; Paul's mentioned keeping salt levels up as well.

Thanks for thinking of us and sharing your wisdom!