Monday, February 7, 2011

Power outage Italian style

So yesterday we ran to the store to pick up a few items we forgot to get when we went shopping on Saturday.  We got home and noticed that we had no 110v power, we still had 220v so the heat, air and major appliances were still working.  The 110v kept going on and off and eventually it just stayed off.  We unplugged everything that was 110v just to be safe.  The silver lining for us is that our TV, surround sound, and router are all plugged into 220v so we were able to continue on as if nothing was wrong.  It turns out that our whole street lost 110v and this sucks since it was Superbowl Sunday!  We called to see if housing would send someone out to fix the problem, but no such luck.  They didn't deem it as an emergency so we would have to wait until Monday. 

On Monday the power came back up because they replaced the transformer that blew.  We went around and started plugging things in to survey the damage.  So far we have lost our coffee maker, baby monitor, one power strip and surge protector.  Chris went and bought a new power strip so we can see if my CPap was lost or not.  Housing informed us to create a list of all the items lost and give it to them.  When I asked if they would be replacing everything they didn't give me an answer, all they said was "we are going to give to to the lessor". 

Off to do some shopping to replace my coffee maker.  I secretly wanted a new one so I guess this is a blessing in disguise!

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