National Burgler Night Out - March 28th

If the local burglars in your community are suffering the effects of the recession, you can help them on March 28th, National Burglar Night Out:

On March 28, if the lights go off in your Cape Town hotel or, close to home, a Seattle hotel restaurant switches to candles, do not be alarmed. It's not an electrical-grid meltdown but a global show of support.

During Earth Hour, citizens of the world are asked to turn off their power for one hour, starting at 8:30 p.m. local time, in a symbolic stance against global warming.

Our power grids are fairly delicately balanced. Having a significant load suddenly drop off at 8:30 and then just as suddenly come back on at 9:30 can create a bit of havoc for the equipment and people who have to manage the electrons.

Consequently, to balance this problem out in my neighborhood, I plan to turn on every light in my house from 8:30 to 9:30 that night. Just doing my part to save the electric grid.