I Suck At Blackouts

according to cnn, there was a major blackout tuesday in parts of florida:

"Power was restored Tuesday for most of Florida after a failed switch and fire at an electrical substation outside Miami triggered widespread blackouts across the state.

Utility workers were still trying to piece together exactly what happened, Florida Power and Light President Armando Olivera said.

Olivera said disconnect switch failed at 1:08 p.m. at the automated substation west of Miami, and a piece of equipment that controls voltage caught fire about the same time. Neither failure by itself would have caused a widespread outage, he said.

While the outages cut power to more than two million people at its peak, power was quickly restored to most parts of the state and authorities said no injuries were reported."

i imagine experiencing a blackout is a pain and thankfully nobody was hurt during this particular blackout. unfortunately, because i suck at blackouts, i am hoping this incident will convince my friend (anna) from moving to florida. i believe she's supposed to be moving down to florida in a couple of days.