Do you have a power outage in your area?
By Bhem
@JustBhem (70601)
Davao, Philippines
June 22, 2018 12:01am CST
We have a power outage awhile ago for 4 longs hours since 8:30 in the morning.
The blackout causes me to wake up early when I planned to sleep a lot today.
It's very hot, there is no electric fan to fresh me up so I wake up instead.
I was very mad earlier because it took so long for the electricity to get back, then I decided to call the local office of Davao Light.
I did spoke to an operator and asked her if how long are we going to wait for the electricity to work in our place. Then the operator said it would be at 12 noon.
I check the time it's already 11:55 am so it's 5 minutes to 12 noon. A little much time to keep waiting.
And at exactly 12:10, the electricity went back and I feel very relieved.
Because my Laptop is low batt as well as my phone.
Hopefully, no more power outage today or else I will end up having a bad day.
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15 responses
@ridingbet (66861)
• Philippines
22 Jun 18
was the brownout unannounced? it is hard to be left without power. it is as if the world stopped spinning around. good thing though it is not very hot today.
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@ridingbet (66861)
• Philippines
23 Jun 18
@JustBhem that is the problem here as well. then when we have the lights on, the electric cooperative issues a statement on Facebook. what for? the damage is already done.
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@JustBhem (70601)
• Davao, Philippines
23 Jun 18
@ridingbet
Yes, it is not good if your are not ready about it and waited for a long time.
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@arunima25 (84953)
• Bangalore, India
22 Jun 18
We are having a lot of power cut in our area since last two weeks. There are days when we have it for more than 8 hours in a day. Luckily we have a power back up in our apartment and so we do not realize it much. Power cuts are common during summer in Bangalore. But lately it has been bad as Metro work is going on in our area and there are shifting and relocation of electrical poles and wires.
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@arunima25 (84953)
• Bangalore, India
22 Jun 18
@JustBhem Yes, We have generator working in our apartment and that is one big relief!! Life comes to a halt in today's world without power.
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@JustBhem (70601)
• Davao, Philippines
22 Jun 18
@arunima25
That is a good thing. Summer is really hot these days.
@allknowing (130088)
• India
23 Jun 18
It is routine here and we call it load shedding But we have a home UPS that takes care of the essentials
@caopaopao (12398)
• China
22 Jun 18
We seldom have power cuts here..It is really painful for us if there is a power failure in summer.
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@sw8sincere (5206)
• Philippines
22 Jun 18
Hi Bhem! Glad to hear from you again. We seldom experience power outage in my place. I'm glad your electricity went back again.
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@JustBhem (70601)
• Davao, Philippines
23 Jun 18
@sw8sincere
It’s still too long, right. I can’t even stand an hour of power cut.
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@sw8sincere (5206)
• Philippines
23 Jun 18
@JustBhem it will only last for a maximum of 2 to 3hrs.
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@JESSY3236 (18760)
• United States
22 Jun 18
We only have power outages if there is really bad storm.