6-12-1928
Weather: Whiteout. -83C.
Investigated reports of pressure drops across the Old Hothouse District. Accumulated ice pooled from exposed radiator surface collapsed a secondary steam hub, releasing heat to the environment. Steam flow shut down and redirected for now, repairs to be effected after whiteout ends.
6-21-1928
Weather: Whiteout. -79C.
We are burning through stored bunker oil faster than projected. Suspect the problem is water or other impurities entrained in the fuel itself, not issues with the Generator. The old girl is still holding up after all these years, no matter how much we ask of her. Every overdrive will be repaid with weeks of careful maintenance once the whiteout is over. Sent oil samples off for analysis at Windbreak Tower. Other than that, conditions normal. We should be almost out of it.
7-3-1928
Weather: Whiteout. -104C.
It's too bloody fucking cold out. Some of the old hands say it's been colder, but I don't believe them. We're not that far off from the air literally condensing down into a liquid outside! Old Hothouse District still having troubles. We've stopped all growth operations and evacuated the most vulnerable buildings. The whiteouts are always most intense just before they end. Just a few more days.
7-6-1928
Weather: Calm. -18C, and rising.
Crash stop of overdrive and lowering the power level has caused all sorts of issues. We've had two major regulators blow their emergency vents already. You can't just shut down something as massive as the Generator quickly, the thermal expansion will twist things out of balance and wreak all sorts of havoc! But the abrupt rise in temperature has forced our hand. We literally do not have the ability to safely vent all this energy now that everyone is shutting off their heating at once. The whole city has one of the worst cases of gas one can imagine: Overpressure.
As for the outside situation... I don't even know where to begin. It's dark, and there's no contact with the other cities.
