Showing posts with label Detect Subtle Changes in Lighting. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

My Newly Discovered Super Power

If you've ever been pregnant (or been around a pregnant lady) you know all about those heightened pregnancy senses - smell, taste, hearing, sensitivity to temperature. Last night I discovered a new one - the ability to detect power outages.

At 3:24 am the power in our neighborhood went out. I know because I woke up right when it went out and I checked the time on James' cell phone. How does one detect power outages when one should be dead asleep in the middle of the night? I have no idea. All I know is that I woke up to a very dark room (since the outside lights had gone out as well) and I saw James' phone light up - since it had been on the charger and that's what it does when it's disconnected. Then I suddenly felt hot and noticed that the ceiling fan was off. I looked around and all the clocks were blank. Then I heard the beeping from our computer's surge protector, which also serves as a back-up power source. The power was out for about 15 minutes.

How crazy is that? It took me forever to go back to sleep, but I'm glad I woke up so we knew to reset our alarms. Maybe next time I'll get super speed...