A day of zoo

Last night and crashed -- and hard; I fell asleep on the floor with the lights on (I paid the electric bill today, and I thought of this the whole time).  It was a long week, and my big night out -- not that I expected one -- was to take a nice bath, do some reading, and eventually nod off, and that didn't quite happen.

Today was OC duty and it was quite busy... 178.  About 20-25 of these people (at least) were from another church in the area, which didn't get their delivery, and as such had no food.  So they sent everyone our way.  On the one hand, I sort of get it, on the other... well, the problem is that we can only sort barely cover all of our people, and so sending us 25 more...well, we were not exactly happy about this.  We did get rid of all of our produce -- which was what was wanted -- but nearly all of our meat.  Oi.  It does boost our count, but... we could have done without.  

Scientists prepare for the next Carrington Event | Popular Science
I have read a couple of books about this -- men at the telegraph saw them literally catch on fire -- and while it is cool and interesting, everything I have read about this indicates that such as event would be a disaster for society in many ways -- communications, radar, etc.  In some ways you cannot even plan for it, though of course you have to.  Resilience is key, but... nothing can prepare is for it save for experience, which is something you do not want.

Why the Waywardness of Academic Geography Matters — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
As a student of history -- especially of the guns and war school -- I completely agree!