$#*$*)#@$*#@)($*#)($* FIRE ALARM

[yubsie]

So, as some of you may know, we have a bit of a raging blizzard going on here, to the point that classes are already cancelled.

Our FIRE ALARM went off. We rather sensibly assumed it was a drill, and grumbled as we headed outside about people not looking out the window. We got outside, in the snow and wind (some people had been in friends' rooms and didn't even have their jackets), only to be informed that it was NOT a drill. This sucked, as it meant we had to wait outside for the firedepartment to check the whole house. Fortunately, the dons of Harper let us go hang out in their lounge while we waited to be allowed back. When we finally got back in, Maritza repeatedly informed us it was not a drill and that anyone who swore at their monitor should take it back.

So, if someone PULLED the alarm, they are now on the entire house's hit list. If it was a malfunction... we're still mad. Because it was a BLOODY BLIZZARD AND WE HAD TO GO OUT IN IT!

Comments

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Wow, that really does suck.

*points and laughs*

[yubsie]

You're so mean!

[majorelint.livejournal.com]

At least the alarm didnt goi off at 2 AM :)

[yubsie]

I'd rather 2 AM than the blizzard. :p

[jeepersjournal.livejournal.com]

Wow, that bites. That's awful. We had it happen to us once when we were snowing, and it was bad. But a Blizzard? Damn. In my 3rd year, it happened when Harper was having a house party. 300-ish people leaving the building at once, the vast majority of them intoxicated? Sheer badness.

Fire drills suck.

[yubsie]

We were not pleased. :p

That would be one CRAZY evacuation.

[chlorrel.livejournal.com]

That sucks. Firealarms = evil. Cause we had one go off during a rainstorm last year at like 3am in the morning. Evilll.

[yubsie]

They really are evil.

[seryan.livejournal.com]

I used to live in an apartment building where the alarm went off monthly at 2a.m. Always a false alarm, except for the time someone accidentally lit an end table on fire, and carried out through the building to drop on the front steps. (It was freaky: a dark table in the night, all you could see was flames, no surface.) Fire drills do indeed suck.

[yubsie]

That would have been most odd.

[seryan.livejournal.com]

It was.

The cats are, indeed, taking over BTW. Good call.

[yubsie]

They definitely are. Wes-kitten and Legolas-cat don't even try to hide that fact. :p

[seryan.livejournal.com]

Oh, none of them do. Batousai's cats Freckles/Frecks/Demon/Fremen/The Fuzzy and Sarah/Duchess/Furgie will stand nose-to-nose, then jump guiltily and glare at you when you catch them. Devious little darlings.

[yubsie]

You know what they say. Dogs think they're human. Cats think they're GOD. :p

[teleria.livejournal.com]

Maritza repeatedly informed us it was not a drill and that anyone who swore at their monitor should take it back.


oh, and i can actually see her saying that... sucks to be you.

[yubsie]

It's just such a Maritza thing to say. :p

[ravenclaw-devi.livejournal.com]

I just would've stayed in unless and until I smelled smoke. :p

[yubsie]

Unfortunately, we had people pounding our doors and checking our rooms. :p

[dancinggoldfish.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sucks Yubs *huggles*

Reminds me of the time when it was hailing/sleeting/heavy rain and we were out for an hour for a fire drill. It was not cool...

[yubsie]

Rather unpleasant.

[dancinggoldfish.livejournal.com]

Just a wee bit