Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Lights Are Out, But Everybody's Home

Complete madness has consumed Music City today.

First off... there was a gas leak downtown... a couple of city blocks are completely filled with fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances. This is taking place about 2 blocks from the Sommet Center, where the awards show is being held.

Completely unrelated, we think... an NES substation has blown. Downtown is without power for the most part, including the bat building and the Hilton. You can't get food anywhere. Fortunately, the arena has some serious backup power, so the lights are back on here, and sound check is still running.

It's also raining.

More news as it happens.

4 comments:

sandi said...

Good times!!! Hope no one was getting their hair/nails/tans/etc done in that area! :)

Sean Harding said...

Oh man. Sounds like fun. Wish I could be there. Does the studio get to use the same backup power or are they in the dark?

Producer J. said...

No, we're good. :-) We went dark, and all the clocks had to be reset, lol, but backup power kicked in.

Jona said...

Glad you and the Award show got backup!
I really hope the gas leak is under control.