Power was turned off
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52174)
Staten Island, New York
June 3, 2024 4:15pm CST
I was about to boil some water to make instant coffee this morning when I noticed that the time was not displaying on the stove or the microwave.
Went to check the thermostat and noticed it was off as well. Tried to turn on the lights but they wouldn’t turn on.
Went outside to check the meter and it was off. Neighbors’ meters were off too. Clearly the power was turned off and not just in my house. Going to our electric company’s website confirmed that.
They must have been doing some work in the area because my contractor and hubby told me they saw trucks from our electric company in our community.
So much for my morning coffee. I did have it finally after power was restored some hours later.
I had no idea they were even gonna turn the power off. Would have been great to get notified of this happening ahead of time.
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@LadyDuck (502533)
• Italy
5 Jun 24
@lovebuglena Exactly, it's a problem when you start laundry and power is turned off.
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@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Jun 24
That would have been helpful. Good thing I hadn’t started doing laundry at the time.
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@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Jun 24
@LadyDuck happened to me once.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
4 Jun 24
That sounds frustrating! I'm glad the power came back on eventually. Maybe next time they'll give you a heads-up.
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@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Jun 24
I’m glad I hadn’t put in laundry to wash.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
5 Jun 24
@lovebuglena That was lucky timing! Avoiding laundry during a power outage definitely helps dodge an extra headache. It's always a relief when the timing works out like that!
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@snowy22315 (208967)
• United States
4 Jun 24
It would have been nice to know in advance.
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@kaylachan (84815)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Jun 24
I would've hated that too. We rely on AC, that would've just about killed us.
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@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
4 Jun 24
yeah I agree. My former power company had once notified us when they were doing going to work on it.
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@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Jun 24
I agree. Wonder why they didn’t.
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Jun 24
That can be frustrating, You are right everyone should have been warned well in advance,
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Jun 24
When in my former neighborhood the power would go out, it was due to either an auto accident knocking a transformer getting hit by an auto or a weather related incident since when the computer goes down, it is usually due to an update but the time to do the update would be overnight.
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@LindaOHio (222425)
• United States
4 Jun 24
We never get notified when the power is going to be shut off.
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Jun 24
Wow! They should, especially if they know ahead of time they will shut it off.
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@2ndchances24 (12215)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
4 Jun 24
I hate it when they don't warn us a head of time
hell you could be in a bad situation & it go off
that would cost some 1's life cause of it.
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