01:00 this morning.
Over the loudspeaker:
“Attention! Attention! There has been a fire reported in:
*recorded voice* sccckkkk… The Fuel Depot.
Attention! Attention! There has been a fire reported in:
*recorded voice* sccckkkk… The Fuel Depot.”
I jump out of bed, grab my radio and try to throw on my ECW gear. So many people are talking on the radio I can’t understand anything. Grab my kit and run out into the hall, amongst firefighters who already have all their gear on… we exit the station and…
“Attention south pole. Attention south pole. Please disregard, this is a false alarm. Repeat, disregard, this is a false alarm.”
EVERYBODY groans.
Oh well, I had to get up anyway. I ran a test with NASA in White Sands this morning - doubled our S band data rate to 5 mbps… now if only the packet shaper in Denver would be modified to support the increase. *rolls eyes*
Too tired to go back to bed, so I took a shower and did laundry. Gonna have a nap at some point today, in preparation for the “Big Lebowski” and SPIF (South Pole International Film Festival) showing tonight. If you come in a bath robe to the Lebowski party, you get free White Russians!