Rain, and then, Darkness!
By Catherine
@bluesa (15022)
Johannesburg, South Africa
November 17, 2015 7:48am CST
I looked up at the sky yesterday afternoon and into the dark mass of clouds, that I took a pic of, to share with you all, and knew that our weather bureau had at last gotten it right, rain was going to fall, and yes, we had blessed, beautiful rain last night, yes, we need much more, but, there was rain, yippee! Then, as I was doing a happy dance, there the power went off! With those dark clouds, there were these terrible winds howling outside, and a tree had been uprooted and took down power lines in my suburb. Usually, we have nothing good to say about our power company, they have a lot of issues, but in that very stormy weather last night, where they said we could be without power for six hours, they had the power up and running in four hours, and I have to say, that was admirable of them, the storm out there was vicious. Does the power company by you also fight through vicious weather to get power back on at night, or do they wait till the next morning? Well, hopefully tonight we'll have some more rain, without howling winds. Have a wonderful, safe, and blessed week all!
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 Nov 15
Our power companies are often criticised for how slow they are reconnecting people after storms cause service breaks
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Nov 15
@Barbourne pretty handy location to be in for such situations
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Nov 15
@Barbourne , that would have saved you all a lot of frustrating power-less hours.
@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
18 Nov 15
Glad you finally got some rain:). And glad that the power wasn't out for so long. Yeh, we have troubles with our power company, but its mostly with the billing...our bills were up to 500 a month a while ago;/
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
18 Nov 15
Wow, that is a lot! Obviously it was a mistake, right?
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Nov 15
@HebrewGreekStudies , thank you, the rain has been wonderful, and thank goodness they were quicker getting our power back on than they thought they would be. These last two months they have also messed up our billing, there was a meeting tonight to find out why it is so high, I will have to find out the result tomorrow. I hope the troubles with your billing have been sorted out.
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
18 Nov 15
@1hopefulman sadly, no. We pay high rates here-although "mistakes" do happen, we at times we've been double billed;/. It's actually a matter of controversy here and is somewhat common, the Ombudsman had to get involved with the power company.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Nov 15
@salonga , you get extra violent storms by you, so I can understand them waiting till after. I am glad you had gentle rain this time. I also enjoyed the rain, the wind calmed and the lightning flashed in the distance, it was nice after all the dry weeks.
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@babaraimc (1310)
• Pakistan
18 Nov 15
no one like rain with wind
as it brings so much dirt
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
17 Nov 15
When the power goes out, we are at a loss these days, not knowing what to do with ourselves. However, the electrical work-persons are out there battling the elements and trying to get our power back. 
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
18 Nov 15
@bluesa A few years ago we had what was called an "ice storm" that crippled our area and I was without power in below freezing weather fo about a week and I had to learn how to survive and I did and saw how hard the utility people worked and even risked their lives. When I eventually got back the power I was so grateful to able to eat a can of beans that I could warm up on my stove.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Nov 15
@1hopefulman , that must have been such a tough time, a whole week, plus those terrible weather conditions, I am glad you found a way to work with it, though as I say, that must have been tough, and that they eventually got your power back. They really do work in awful weather, and people tend to forget that. I am sure eating hot food when the power was back, was bliss.
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@suzzy3 (8341)
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26 Nov 15
I am glad your rain came but sorry to hear of the problems that come with that. We are fairly lucky where we live, as we are on the same circuit as the local school and old peoples flats. We only ever lose power for ten minutes . Up the road they can lose power for hours or even days.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
17 Nov 15
We are spoiled our town if famous for fixing things as soon as possible. Usually a power outage lasts only an hour or so.
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
18 Nov 15
Every time we have a bad storm of any kind, especially with heavy snow, ice or wind, I expect the power to go out and so far, it never has on a stormy day or night. But take a random sunny day, with no breeze at all, and suddenly the power will go out. We don't know why. I suspect squirrels.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
19 Nov 15
Our power company is quuite good about taking care of emergencies even in terrible weather.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Nov 15
Luckily this is summer rain by me, so, no fire needed. We have dry winters, and just as well, because we do not have a fire place. I would so love a fire place, I hope the rain does not add too much to the chill by you, but, if it does, light up a nice fire in that fire place and I hope it keeps you all toasty warm.
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@Marilynda1225 (91115)
• United States
18 Nov 15
Guess your rain dance worked!! sorry you were without power but at least they fixed it in a shorter period of time than you were expecting.
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@babaraimc (1310)
• Pakistan
18 Nov 15
Is it good to have Rain??
i think its winter here and we are already freezing
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@babaraimc (1310)
• Pakistan
19 Nov 15
@bluesa oh, then I pray it will rain more
but not here
and yeah, its not that freezing
it is not very difficult to stay warm untill you have to study
as i have my exams in next month
to study , i have come out of my sweet bed
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