Power shortage...

The US Capitol was evacuated today as a result of a power outage. Funny how such a thing can occur. I know that they have a back-up system of some sort, so why was the power out for anything longer than five minutes???

Pepco, the Potomac Electric Power Company, supplies most of the city with electricity...my house included...I won't bring up at this point how many brown-outs occur, especially in the summer. But I would have hoped that the parts of the government that are considered important (depending on your point of view) would not have to deal with this stuff.

As yet no information has been issued regarding the cause of the blackout. Luckily, it happened on a Monday...Congress works Tuesday-Thursday, so only staffies and tourists were in the area...and the light, chilly rain may well have refreshed them...