In this age of technology and infinite information at our fingertips, even the government doesn't know what to do when the power goes out.
That was the case this afternoon at the Capitol when the power died sometime between 2:45 and 3 p.m., and came back around 3:30 p.m.
Though the Senate floor session continued uninterrupted, with plenty of juice to power its giant legislative scoreboard, staffers sitting in dark offices throughout the Capitol twiddled their thumbs, considered leaving for the day, or desperately sought duties they could fulfill without electricity.
"We're not sure what caused the outage, but we're hoping to figure that out.." said Beth Mills, spokesperson for the Department of General Services. Mills said engineers initially thought that the downtown power grid had been the issue, "but they were to determine it was just a problem with the Capitol building."
Emergency generators sprang to life as the power crashed, she said, and no security measures in the building had been compromised.
With Sacramento's 100-degree heat today, many were thrilled that the building's air conditioning remained on.
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