A year or so ago the security chief at work was replaced and the new one has been really on top of snow delays generally posting building open delays the night before.  I checked the emergency line near midnight and the building was scheduled to be open on time meaning the plows would be running overnight.  I came into work today and the parking lot was a mess and the walk was unsalted.  Only around 9 did people start coming in as the building had a 2 hour delay notice that had been posting this morning, so I talked to the head of security.

Me: When did the delayed open go out?
Security Chief: 5 AM this morning.
Me: Why not the day before?
Security Chief: It was actively snowing so we weren’t sure if we’d do a delay or a close.  Besides, what idiot would drive in under the conditions we had this morning?
Me: Yeah, what idiot.

It was dark, my stomach hurt, and my computer speakers were on the floor.  This was the aftermath of the power going out while I was on my treadmill.  I wasn’t done walking, and needed to come up with some defense mechanisms should this happen again.  I settled on putting a towel over the front of my rig and trying to put some distance between myself and the keyboard.  Standing back didn’t quite work well when interfacing with the keyboard so I had to settle for doubling up the towel a couple times to act as a buffer and extra vigilance.