Zombie Electronics

Last night we had a bit of a scare. There was a power surge and brownout that left many of our electronics, including the garage door opener, refrigerator, DSL modem, and television dead. Fortunately, once we got full power back, everything came back to life. Except the answering machine, which is dead-dead.

According to PG&E, it affected 15,000 customers. I suspect it was due to our first truly summer-like day we've had and everyone turning on their air conditioners... except us, since we don't have air conditioning. Well, ok, we do have a single-room portable machine, but it is not (yet) hooked up.