Crash time

OK, the brand new weather computer crashed. I think I know why it happened. So, I should be able to prevent it in the future. You know how computers can be. Keep your fingers crossed.

This loss of two days on-line reminded me that we often lose power briefly during thunderstorms. However briefly the lights flicker, it's enough to shut down the computer, modem and routers. So, we're now on a UPS (uninterruptible power supply), more accurately described as an instantaneous battery back-up. It won't keep things going very long during an extended power outage, but should handle those "flickers" during storms and other brief outages.