flummoxicated | electricity is usually not capricious (Reply)

While we were eating dinner tonight, one of the kitchen lights suddenly went out. And the fridge stopped running. And the cats' fancy water fountain* stopped. And the furnace cut off. We then noticed that the microwave wasn't getting power.

shipbrook went and flipped all the circuit breaker thingees, but that didn't fix it, though finally the furnace came back on.

So we called the landlord - and got voice mail - and then ran our really long extension cord out to the living room to get power to the fridge. Any ideas what weirdness could cause this?

*yes, our cats have a water fountain, but the vet said our oldest kitty should be encouraged to drink and she loves her water fresh and flowing from the tap. So there.