Ray Schmidt
We slept in until 8 AM today, but I could easily have gone another couple of hours. But there was work to be done. Our goal was to get the CCU monitors connected to the central station and then take part of the afternoon off to go see some penguins. We got all the monitors installed, all the wiring done and connected the monitors to the central station. In the picture (above), you see Teresa Reyna, the Program Director for International Guests Service, Michael Picchetti, one of the Logistics Coordinators for the project and my son Christian helping with the installation. We tested the first central station and everything was fine. We then hooked up the second central station and plugged it in.
Pop!
We all knew right away what happened. We blew the power supply on the PC. We failed to switch the unit to 220 volts. It was a simple mistake and all of us knew better. We had switched everything else to 220 volts, but we missed this one. However, the hospital engineer is confident that he can find a replacement power supply tomorrow. We’ll see.
Our day at the hospital ended on this sour note and none of us felt too good. We headed to a penguin reserve that was a little over an hour away. I always pictured penguins surrounded by snow and ice, but these penguins lived in lush green conditions near the ocean. The penguins live in burrows that they dig into the tundra. On our way out of the park, we spotted some birds standing in a lake several hundred yards away. It was hard to determine what they were but they sure looked like pink flamingos, but that didn't make sense—penguins and pink flamingos sharing the same habitat. However, we did get confirmation that the birds were indeed pink flamingos and they do migrate here. I would never have guessed it.
The team is heading out to dinner in a few minutes. The hospital is hosting a dinner for us and they agreed to make it an early dinner—9 PM.
Pop!
We all knew right away what happened. We blew the power supply on the PC. We failed to switch the unit to 220 volts. It was a simple mistake and all of us knew better. We had switched everything else to 220 volts, but we missed this one. However, the hospital engineer is confident that he can find a replacement power supply tomorrow. We’ll see.
Our day at the hospital ended on this sour note and none of us felt too good. We headed to a penguin reserve that was a little over an hour away. I always pictured penguins surrounded by snow and ice, but these penguins lived in lush green conditions near the ocean. The penguins live in burrows that they dig into the tundra. On our way out of the park, we spotted some birds standing in a lake several hundred yards away. It was hard to determine what they were but they sure looked like pink flamingos, but that didn't make sense—penguins and pink flamingos sharing the same habitat. However, we did get confirmation that the birds were indeed pink flamingos and they do migrate here. I would never have guessed it.
The team is heading out to dinner in a few minutes. The hospital is hosting a dinner for us and they agreed to make it an early dinner—9 PM.
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