Looks like we made it!
@GardenGerty (169585)
United States
August 6, 2021 5:46am CST
The power outage did actually take place but it did not start until after 11:00 p.m. last night.
At 4:12 a.m. the power came back on. They did not do too badly.
Outdoor temperatures were mild and we had cooled our room off in the early evening. We have a small, battery powered fan. I think I missed the noise of the a/c and my usual fan the most. Oh, and the nightlights I have for navigating in the dark.
I am glad they got it done before school actually started.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
6 Aug 21
Our time was five hours. Not too bad.
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@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
7 Aug 21
@GardenGerty They announced a power cut from midnight to 6 A.M., but we had the power back 2 hours in advance.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
@LadyDuck Always good when they finish quickly.
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@moffittjc (128854)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Aug 21
We often take our energy infrastructure for granted, not realizing that it gets old and worn out just like everything else, and must be updated, repaired and replaced on a recurring basis. Just be glad they got the work done that needed to be done.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
@moffittjc It does not happen too often during school hours, but it is frustrating to all others affected.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
The town where I work, served by the same company, has outages a lot.
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@moffittjc (128854)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Aug 21
@GardenGerty That has to be really frustrating, especially for a business.
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@BarBaraPrz (51838)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Aug 21
If they turned the power off, and worked at night, how did they see what they were doing? 
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
@BarBaraPrz Oh, I know you are, you like to tease and have a good time.
@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
Probably had trucks with generators for lights. I did not peek.
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@BarBaraPrz (51838)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Aug 21
@GardenGerty Yeah, I was just funning.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
7 Aug 21
I would hate for it to be done at night here. I would have nothing to do while laying here
I wouldn't be able to sleep for fear oxygen would run out and I wouldn't know. The other 2 here would be asleep in their room It would just be easier for me during day light.
Last time electric went out during night, early morning my daughters phone didn't wake her for work on time for some reason
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
For some I am sure being at night was a problem. The thing is it is much hotter in the daytime. That is strange that her alarm did not work. I am usually up before my alarm anyway.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17244)
• China
7 Aug 21
Happily you braced yourself for the power outage ! Hope it doesn't happen so often !
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
This one was planned so we could be prepared. We have had shorter outages in the past.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
Mostly, but I was kind of stirred up waiting for the power to shut off.
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@rakski (156781)
• Philippines
7 Aug 21
@GardenGerty oh. we had one recently but we were just so ready for bed at 10pm, ends up being all awake until the power came back at 2am
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
@rakski I understand. That is sort of how I felt.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
6 Aug 21
Probably not here for a long time.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
6 Aug 21
I am glad you got it done too.
Sorry you are having those outages
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
6 Aug 21
I had rather hve it planned and they make needed repairs than to have the power station burn up and take weeks to fix.
@RasmaSandra (98129)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Aug 21
Glad to hear that was taken care of and now you don't have to worry about the power,
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
At least there are no worries associated with that part. There could be a random outage from wildlife or something, but that does not happen often.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
7 Aug 21
It was odd to be laying there and anticipating the outage. It would have woken me up even if I had not known about it.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
6 Aug 21
It semed pretty well planned when they finally got around to it.
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