Keeping watch

It was a quiet night at work, but I have kept my eye on Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Hanna all night.

Although we are not in the direct path of Gustav, due to the nature of my work, we have to keep a close eye on Gustav and what it does. Fortunately, it looks like that Gustav may not hit New Orleans directly, but west of New Orleans near Homer, LA. Gustav has been keeping Hanna from growing too large, but Hanna is expected to grow once Gustav gets over land.

Let’s hope that the levees hold in New Orleans-we don’t need more damage there. The good thing is that at least this time, people got out of there-nearly 1.9 million people evacuated in LA and parts of TX. From what I’ve seen, there’s less than 10,000 people left in New Orleans and many of those people are “mission-critical” and simply cannont leave. Please keep those people in your thoughts and prayers as they have families too.

But something good today: Micronet turns eight years old today! I started Micronet eight years ago on September 1, 2000, as an alternative to Fidonet. At the time, Fidonet was full of trash that I just didn’t like dealing with, so I started Micronet. After several stops and starts, Micronet is again alive today and is quite healthy and active. I hope it only gets better from here.

I am so looking forward to sleeping. I’m quite tired after working all night. At least I can sleep all I want, but knowing me, I’ll wake up around 5 PM whether I want to or not.

The revamping of my BBS doors are going well. The Magic Oracle is being used as the test bed for another doorkit I am using. There has been a small problem so far with Windows Server 2003, but there has been a workaround for it. I’ve gotten a few features that I added properly fixed and corrected due to the help of a couple of helpful sysop friends. That’s always good for me and I’m hoping that I can get this done right and well-tested.

Now it’s time to get some sleep and enjoy my other night off. At least this morning I earned some holiday pay…