These things can cut power, burst water mains, cause my food-fetching zombie slaves to slip and break their pelvises, interrupt vital shipments of reagents to my rooftop monster lab, and chill my red wine below a tolerable temperature. Also, I may be forced to stick my PC into a bank of ice to see if it'll run my FPS games any faster on maximum detail when super-cooled, so it's unlikely I will be available until the thaw.
Slight correction
There, all fixed.