power failure
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382023)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Dec
The photo is of a guinea pig, not a mouse.
I heard a story today that I found amusing. The country town where we both grew up has two major grocery stores, Coles and IGA.
A few months back, a naughty mouse chewed through a...
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freak369
@freak369 (5112)
• United States
2 Jul 18
I got into the habit of having flashlights and extra batteries in every room in case the power went out. In theory that's a great idea but if your household is like mine, the flashlights grow legs and walk away. Glow sticks...
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112876)
• United States
29 Jun 18
So, last night a very major storm rolled through town with 80 mile per hour winds, tornadoes, and other fun stuff. We never had a tornado actually touch down, but we did lose power.
Today was around 106 degree heat index. Great...
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Neha211985
@neha211985 (779)
• India
2 Mar 18
Tonight is really beautiful, even power failure made it more beautiful.
Pl check picture clicked by me.
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koopharper
@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
18 Jul 16
We started the day in the dark. Fortunately my alarm clock runs on batteries. Came back shortly after I got out of bed. I am grateful for that. I was beginning to look a little grizzled and shaving in the dark is not high on my...
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Vivenda
@Vivenda (583)
• Portsmouth, England
4 Dec 15
Yet again, I am an abandoned female. My husband and my son have gone off on a walking weekend with some of the men from church and left me All Alone! How very dare they!
Actually, things were going quite well. Once I settle...
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laglen
@laglen (19759)
• United States
20 Aug 10
Can you imagine waiting nine years for your power company to turn your power back on for NINE years?
That's exactly what this village in Pilibhit district has had to endure after its main transformer developed a snag in 2001....
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esoterichermit
@esoterichermit (10)
• Philippines
15 Mar 10
With the inevitable energy crisis looming in the horizon, the question is can you survive without electricity?
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Oct 09
It never rains in California, so how can that be?
We have this lovely storm that has hit us. Apparently it is the remnants of a hurricane that hit Japan (so I'm told by somebody saw it on the news). It came...
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tigeraunt
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
25 Sep 09
Dear Friends,
We are facing frequent power failures here, on some days the duration usually lasts from 15 minutes to several hours. Last night the power failed from 11:58 pm while i was doing responses to and i fell asleep...
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Daddy Neil
@neildc (17238)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
14 Aug 09
Since about 2pm today, the lights are out. We are affected in the office since most of us are using computers. Good for me and one of the other personel who has UPS with our computers.
I pity one staff who is the duty secretary...
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diutay
@diutay (1327)
• Philippines
7 Aug 08
I was saying something about black-outs when out of the blue, our secretary asked why they call it black-out when there's power failure. Furthermore, she asked what's the difference between a brown-out and a black-out. Not sure of...
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shiloh_222
@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
30 Jul 08
hehhee.. me? i will do alot of things to avoid going berserk... just kidding... anyway, i can't stand the heat in our country so i would be finding ways to cool myself down like go to the mall and stay there until the power comes...
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