So, first off, apologize to everyone I was talking to online previously, but suddenly had disappeared for the last few weeks - two things happened. One, engineering teams arrived from Denver and they all want to work, work, work all morning while the satellite’s up and chill out later when there’s nothing to do. The other thing is, as I’ve mentioned, the satellite time moves earlier and earlier every day, so I get less and less time online every morning.
So we had a big emergency drill the other day. Situation was that there was a glycol explosion in the backup power plant and we had multiple casualties. I arrived on scene of the drill after a couple of my other team 1 members, and one of them had taken command of the scene. Things went all right, we got the injured out without dying ourselves, however our command and control needs serious work. We basically let the other teams fend for themselves - which is not good. In any event, I was recently put in command of the entire first responder team, since the current lead is leaving to get married! I need to arrange some in depth training for my people if we’re going to be trying to coordinate rescue efforts.
Anyway, after the fire team had carried the victims out from the equipment, I did a final sweep, and discovered a pinkish fluid pouring out all over the ground in the power plant. After ensuring it wasn’t part of the drill, I realized it was a real leak. At first I thought it was fuel, AN-8 to be precise, but after we evacuated everyone and canceled the drill, I learned it was a glycol leak. X D Dozens and dozens of gallons were spilling out of a hole where one of the fire crew’s SCBA had knocked out the metal stopper.
Also, I made a helmet cam with my camera and video taped the whole thing. It’s about 150 megs, so it’ll have to wait to make it online till I get off the ice. Actually some cool stuff in that.
Anyway, after that was “Manager Cooks” day, so our kitchen staff can have the day off. After all, they worked Christmas and New Years. No problem, we had a blast last time. Me and Brian and Tripp came up with ANOTHER creative dish, a mix of italian sausage, kalamata olives, ricotta cheese, tabasco and penne pasta. We called it “Hakuna Kalamata con Piggi”. Yes, a TLK reference, no, not my idea. X D
Photos, behind the cut!
This was the cooking crew that day. On the left you can see me, with Brian (COMMS tech) peering over me from behind. Tripp (SYSADMIN) is in front holding some limp asparagus, and my boss Henry (IT manager) is on the right in the orange hat. Claude (Network Engineer) is wearing a black beanie and holding some sort of spoon triumphantly in the air.
Here I am, helping to prepare our delicious dish. X D
Here I am, cradling the tool of corporal punishment that the station uses.
Here is our masterpiece, carefully presented!
And here is Brian with his invention - the X-11 deep fried ham n’ cheese sandwich. My arteries hurt just looking at it and it sat in my stomach like a fat drenched Krispy Kream donut. But boy was it good.
That’s all for now! Satellite disappears in a few minutes. Have fun everyone!