Power off from 6AM to 6 PM.
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
May 4, 2017 5:23am CST
It is really so disheartening to be on power outage for 12 hours tomorrow. Yes, we will have a 12-hour power interruption starting from 6AM up to 6PM, and adding to this, it will be so hot at high noon. That is why I hope for some dark clouds and rain tomorrow.
Our place is noted to have the hottest temperature in our country. As such, I must always be hydrated, and out of the sweltering heat of the sun. That is why also, we are placing many bottles of water in the freezer, so we can drink ice cold water tomorrow.
It will be quiet tomorrow; television units will not be opened, and only the horns of the vehicles passing by will be the only noise (and the shouting of our neighbor).
I hope it will not be too hot tomorrow.
So to you my friends, I won’t be here from 6AM to 6PM. Have a great Friday.
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17 responses
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
4 May 17
Brownouts are quite often this past few days but it was not that long. It's difficult to have it in summer time when we need electric fans to cool us.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 May 17
that is why i have that local hand fan, cheap at PhP10 and handy. i could fan myself the heat away.
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
5 May 17
@ridingbet The abaniko fan. There are small rechargeable fans now available in the market. I see many owns them
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
@averygirl72 these mini-electric fan similar to the big ones cost about PhP200 here after typhoon Lawin devastated us. but we bought the hand fans and that was good.
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
4 May 17
Is this yesterday of today? Yesterday, the whole province of Abra including some parts of Ilocos Sur suffered blackout from 6AM to 6PM. The National Grid Corporation announced the power interruption but this didn't stop the consumers to feel irritated of long blackout.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 May 17
no, kabsat. it will be tomorrow, that is why i am making most of my time doing my notifications now.
@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
22 May 17
Wow, that sucks. to have a power outage in the summer.
We don't have scheduled power outages.. in fact the power rarely goes here at my house..
I think we lose it at work more often.
I have had one big outage that lasted many many hours once at my house. it was due to an accident 2 blocks away and the person hit a utility pole. I don't like losing power for that long as the food in the refrigerator can go bad.
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@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
22 May 17
@ridingbet yes, 30 minutes isn't too bad.. it is after hours. that I would worry
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 May 17
@minx267 and how much more if 12 hours, or less than 2 months. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 May 17
that is true, but the food in the fridge can still hold its coldness for sevarl hours, but the hotness of the house is bad. that is why i have my red fan to cool me down.
if only our power interruption is only 30 minutes duration, that is good.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
6 May 17
@ridingbet That's great. I don't know if I can live in hot weather. When I was in Tajikistan, the Summer season is so terrible. I need to put ice in a bath tub everyday.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 May 17
@Shavkat and you did not have any colds after your cold bath? i think that country is near the equator?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
haha! we have our generator, kabsat. actually, my son put it on yesterday when we had our lunch. halo-halo, in an instant, was consumed at the store. we contented ourselves with the hand fans and cold water.
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@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
6 May 17
@ridingbet According to the manufacturer it's safe to keep food in our refrigerator up to 24 hours in case of power down.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
@LadyDuck really? well, maybe if the fridge is really thick of ice.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
luckily, the fridge, since it was not defrosted yet, gave us chilled water. the ice thawed though in the afternoon, so when the electricity came back at 6PM, my sister cleaned the fridge.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 May 17
pray you won't have it, my dear. i read some comments in others' discussions that they also have power disruptions in India.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 May 17
yes, i really hope so that the power outage will not last for 12 hours. it is so hard when it is so hot too.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
5 May 17
We call it load shedding and it is a regular feature here when power goes off for a few hours at a time and sometimes even for 12 hours at a stretch. We have a home UPS that takes care of our pc, tv, fans and lights. Fridges can tolerate 12 hours of no current.
@prashu228 (37518)
• India
4 May 17
It happens here as well, especially in summer. does it happen only in Asian countries?
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
4 May 17
I've been drinking a lot of water long before summer hit. But that even wasn't enough so I also resort to drinking cold tea or fruit juice.
I hate the brown out, it forces me to sleep with out even taking a bath or dump. only to wait for it to have the power back on.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 May 17
yes that is true. then we will sweat profusely because sometimes it is humid.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
there is what they call, preventive maintenance my friend. i also think the water in the dam is at its critical level and it can not generate power;hence, some areas have 12 hours or power outage.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
4 May 17
hope those rain clouds arrive and the rain brings down your temperature.
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@Kuttu_007 (1939)
• India
4 May 17
12 hour power cut happens here once in a month on Saturdays...
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