36-hour blackout
By Raúl Reyes
@karibe (689)
Venezuela
March 9, 2019 4:44am CST
Approximately at 4:30 on the afternoon of Thursday 7 there was a blackout in Venezuela that lasted until about 4:30 am on today March 9. In other words, we Venezuelans suffer the lack of current for around 36 hours.
That dramatic interruption of electrical power absent me from myLot the last hours for more than a day.
Has your country, or your state or city, had a blackout of this magnitude in recent times?
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@karibe (689)
• Venezuela
12 Mar 19
@Janet357 The electrical system has problems and that produces short and constant blackouts. But this time it was due to something much more serious, apparently because it damaged a hydroelectric system turbine, which resulted in another 58-hour cut. They just returned the flow, which means they fixed it.
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@amitkokiladitya (171935)
• Agra, India
9 Mar 19
That is a long time. Why did this happen?
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@karibe (689)
• Venezuela
12 Mar 19
After this publication, seven hours after loading it, there was another cut that lasted until a couple of hours ago. The problem was caused by the damage to one of the turbines in the Simón Bolivar Hydroelectric Power Plant also called Represa de Guri
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@amitkokiladitya (171935)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
@karibe ohh..this is sad. How did you manage with such a long cut?
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@karibe (689)
• Venezuela
12 Mar 19
@amitkokiladitya The situation is very dramatic due to the problem of communications, you know, the phones are downloaded, there is no internet or television, the trade is difficult and something very important is that the conservation of refrigerated food is put at risk. There are some people who have small fuel plants that generate electricity, but not all of them. In my house we have a freezer that supports freezing for several days without power, this helped us, but many people who do not have these resources suffer a lot.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
9 Mar 19
36 hours is long time. Fortunately no such long time black our here. However, power was off for some time then connection also started to disturb so I am also not able to mylotting. Now the connection is off and I have to wait for its restoration to post this reply.
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@Letranknight2015 (51547)
• Philippines
9 Mar 19
The only time we experience of black out way back during the strong typhoon. I hope you are doing fine over there.
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@karibe (689)
• Venezuela
12 Mar 19
Ah! OK yes. After this cut, seven hours after my publication, there was another one that lasted until a couple of hours ago, that is, we had 58 more hours without electric power. We are well despite the fact that many people had material losses,
@janethwayne (5193)
• Philippines
9 Mar 19
The power went off today in my place but not very bad because it is back after an hour.
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