Power outage took 10 hours

@ida123 (6206)

Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

March 30, 2016 8:03am CST

I woke up 5:00 A.M. today to do my routine and almost 6:00 A.M. I came back home, doing the chores and washing the clothes. Exactly 7:00 A.M. their is power outage, I'm thankful that I'm done with my washing and rinsing. After an hour, the power hasn't came back so I decided to open the store even if I'm not done taking a bath. Here in my place, when their is power outage, the water supply will also stop. When I prepare our foods for our lunch, there is no water and power supply and I found myself so warm and untidy, so I just take a shower. Until 5:00 P.M. the power supply came back but their is no water yet and I found our water tank was empty because of watering always our plants and that's the reason. I was so glad when the water is back at exactly 7:00 P.M. and that's the time I feel so fresh and clean when I take a bath. This is the 2nd time of this month that we have a very long power outage and no water and we expect it to happen again because of the continuous heat that lower the water level of our power source. Did you experience this also that you haven't take a bath for a day because of no water and no electric fan beside you? What a terrible heat that I experience this day.

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@miniam (9151)

• Bern, Switzerland

30 Mar 16

We never have any power blackouts and if so, then it`s for a long planned meintenance work and they announce right on time and it does never last more than a few hours

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

30 Mar 16

here in our place and summer season is on, we expect this to happen because the source of our electricity is from water then the water level is very low due to extreme heat, so they can't sustain our electric needs, they're dividing the power supply to each cooperative.

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@miniam (9151)

• Bern, Switzerland

30 Mar 16

@ida123 sorry to hear that,just use it well then when the power comes

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

30 Mar 16

@miniam yes, i will

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@LadyDuck (502465)

• Italy

30 Mar 16

This is very long and annoying, so many hours can be a serious problem for the food inside the refrigerator.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

30 Mar 16

that is true, most of it will be spoiled and thrown to waste

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@SIMPLYD (90717)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

Before when we still get water through water pump , we would have no water too when there's power outage . Thus because of that we also connected with the local water supplier . At least even without electricity , we can take a bath .

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@SIMPLYD (90717)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

@ida123 Oh that is so bad . Our Water district , gets from a spring and has a resorvoir (did i spell it right ? )

@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

We have our own water pump that uses electricity and we also connect from a local supplier but the local supplier used electricity, so when there is no electricity, they can't supply us also water.

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@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

30 Mar 16

A power outage in your climate must be especially frustrating. I'm glad we don't have them in the UK.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

30 Mar 16

good that you don't experience this kind of problem and your climate is not like ours here, so hot

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@Yar_Joey (3271)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

I hope I will not experience that at home. It is so hot.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

Yes, because it is not easy to feel hot and without water for 10 hours.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

@Yar_Joey If you have an area that you think you can still plant some palm trees, plant it friend so that you can still breath fresh air.

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@Yar_Joey (3271)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

@ida123 My house is cemented and also our surroundings. I have no trees around, so it it also hot.

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@brokenbee (11937)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

we usually have these power outages at least once a month. Most of the time it's 6 am to 6 in the evening and also most of the time, they still extend, sometimes til 9 in the evening.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

12 hours or more? That is a very big agony to us customers and imagine this time, it is very hot.

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@brokenbee (11937)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

@ida123 Yes and we have no choice because there is only one electric company here

@Teep11 (7673)

• United States

30 Mar 16

Power outages are no fun. Thank God the power came back on. I'm sure you were happy when it came back on. Power outages are no fun at all.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

30 Mar 16

yes, when it is back i'm so happy and the first thing i do is to take a bath to feel fresh .

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

30 Mar 16

With this kind of situation and no extra filled in containers, I can take a bath. But I am still lucky, since I am living in the Summer Capital of the Philippines.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

30 Mar 16

yes, that is your advantage living in a cold place not like here, à very hot place and encountered power outage

@hereandthere (45628)

• Philippines

30 Mar 16

do you always store water? we seldom experience it here and i keep forgetting that there are places in the country that do.

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@hereandthere (45628)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

@ida123 i think it's better to water plants late in the afternoon

@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

We have water tank with electric pump but we are out of stock because we are also watering our plants. Mindanao is expériencing power outage.

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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)

• United States

31 Mar 16

When we lose our power our water will go out too.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

our water supply will stop if we have power outage because our water coop is also using electricity to maintain their business, they're using giant electric pump, it's very annoying if we loss the power

@rakski (156475)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

I always make it a point to have much water especially nowadays that it is oh so hot. There was a time that there is an unannounced water interruption, so we go out and check in in an appartelle.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

that power outage was unannounced and it covered the 2 districts of mis. occ., even appartel in our place won't accept lodgers because of no power and water at the same time

@Macarrosel (7498)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

No power for a day, yes I experienced that. But no water for a day? No I haven't experience that since our place has plenty of water supply.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

we have our own cooperative that supplies us water but when there is power outage, water supply also stops. we can bear that there is no water for 10 hours but there is extreme heat, that's another story

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

30 Mar 16

Oh my...can relate with the situation

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

it's very annoying to have this kind of situation, we can't even take a bath even it is too hot

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@destimona (1910)

• Luxembourg, Luxembourg

30 Mar 16

This is so annoying. Feeling sorry for you.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

31 Mar 16

we have no choice but to wait when the power comes back. yes, it's very annoying

@jcj_111776 (3216)

• Philippines

1 Apr 16

We had the same experience but fortunately, the power outage happened when the climate was still a bit cooler. These past two days though we didn't have water supply for the company that supplies the water reported that a tank had to be repaired. The first day my family didn't have our baths but on the 2nd day, I used half of the gallon (drinking water) and made sure the water will be enough for 3 kids.

@Macarrosel (7498)

• Philippines

31 Mar 16

No power for a day, yes I experienced that. But no water for a day? No I haven't experience that since our place has plenty of water supply.

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