Poor planning / myLot

United States

June 24, 2021 4:18pm CST

We got notice a couple of weeks ago that our electric company is doing some routine maintenance overnight tonight. There will be no electricity tonight from 10 pm. for about six hours if all goes well. No electricity means no air conditioning, not even our fans will work. Today the temperature will be about 100 F or almost 38 degrees Celsius. I am dreading this a lot. I hope it goes quickly.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

24 Jun 21

Oh wow that is not good news. At least you had a warning.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169497)

• United States

27 Jun 21

And then it did not happen after all.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

27 Jun 21

@GardenGerty That is how the weather goes often. We never know most of the time.

Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (66063)

• Serbia

24 Jun 21

Oh, I'm sorry you won't have electricity, but maybe it's a good thing it's going to stop at night.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169497)

• United States

27 Jun 21

Yes it is better that they would do this overnight.

Notlilie

@prinzcy (32299)

• Malaysia

26 Jun 21

At least there's a warning for that. I might not be that lucky here. If it's going off, it would just go off.

Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169497)

• United States

26 Jun 21

There are times when they are not repairing and such that it will just go off, and luckily not for so long.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84823)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

24 Jun 21

There's no good time to shut off the power to perform repairs/maintiance. However, I can understand the logic. Those hours are when the energy concumption is typically lower. so that's the best time to attempt this.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169497)

• United States

27 Jun 21

Yes, it is the best of a bad choice. Earlier in the season would perhaps have been better. They have actually rescheduled for two weeks from now.

rebelann1949

@rebelann (117259)

• El Paso, Texas

25 Jun 21

I wonder if it would be any better if they pulled this stunt when the temps are around 17f. No heat is no fun either but you could always use a wood burning device to help warm up if it were cold.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169497)

• United States

27 Jun 21

I have gas heat.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117259)

• El Paso, Texas

27 Jun 21

Oh, my mobile home is all electric.