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Shane Enochs · 30th June 2012, 07:46 PM

My electricity has been off for almost 24 hours in 100F+ heat due to a huge storm that blew through my area. Nearly a million people were effected, and some won't have electricity for another four or five days.

But thankfully it just came back on minutes ago. I was ROASTING. I'll never take electricity for granted again.

TheTomG · 30th June 2012, 09:51 PM

Yep I had a 24 hour outage a few weeks back, but fortunately it was unseasonably cloudy so didn't get too hot down here in TX. Now if it had been the last 24 hours, it was up over 100 like you and it would have been hellish.

Of course people did live and survive here prior to the electricity, but it makes me wonder how the heck they did it! Glad you no longer have to do that kind of historical research and can return to living in the modern day, with your power restored

Triceratops · 30th June 2012, 10:08 PM

Yes, it's bad. I'm Norther Alabama, and we've hit triple digits. First our Jeep heater hose blew down by the core, then my Verizon module literally melted, then the house AC compressor fried. All of this within 12 hours. We're trying to recover.

chris

Shane Enochs · 30th June 2012, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Triceratops

Yes, it's bad. I'm Norther Alabama, and we've hit triple digits. First our Jeep heater hose blew down by the core, then my Verizon module literally melted, then the house AC compressor fried. All of this within 12 hours. We're trying to recover.

chris

My prayers are with you.

Karn Maeshalanadae · 30th June 2012, 11:31 PM

Ouch.

And just because I'm in the Pacific Northwest doesn't mean we haven't dodged silver bullets in the past. I remember years when it hit nearly 120 Fahrenheit. Luckily we've had it mild this summer, nothing about 80 that I can recall right now.

Sympathies to you all that have to deal with horrendous temperatures.

Fairytale Jane · 1st July 2012, 01:42 AM

I've lasted for a day and a half without electricity and that was when I had gotten lost in a wooded area. Needless to say, I was bored and cold.

Shane Enochs · 1st July 2012, 01:46 AM

I mean I've been camping for five to seven days without electricity. That's fine. But when something is supposed to work, that's when things go downhill.

Alex, The G and T · 1st July 2012, 06:03 AM

This is a bit I wrote to entertain myself, family and friends, a couple of months ago:

"Elaine and I busted ass in the gardens today.

We were tired and seriously hungry when the electricity failed; just about suppertime.

We survived this entire weird winter without a power outage; then the power failed on a balmy summer's day.

We gots dinner to make, feet to put up and television balm to be watching.

So, I fire up the generator; which requires some hiking and rewiring. There's a Main breaker to be isolated up at the shop, where the utility feed lives; then hike back and plug in the generator to the frabbellizer, which only I know how to perpetrate.

Cooking commences, the evening tv news commences. All is well, except the gas Oven controller seems to be having a fruitless argument with erratic voltage surges of a tired old generator.

An Hour into this fiasco; with dinner yet unserved, The indicator light alleges that the Grid power is restored.

So I shut down the generator, take the hike back to the shop to reenergize the Grid coitus actuator; then hike back to the house.

Everything is yellow; which should be white, and the appliances are either confused or inactive. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company is supplying us with 58 volts on an 120 volt system.

So... I reeffectuate the frabellizer, hike back up to the shop, disconnect the gridiphonium, slog back to the house and reenact the personal home power-source.

The evening of our dreams ensue. We are fed, we have our feet up and we have television.

For awhile... An hour later all goes, abruptly, dark. "OH, bloody hell, now what?"

I crawl into the basement to see why the generator stopped running.

Oh. The carburetor fell off. Really? Are the gawds ******* kidding me? The carburetor fell off?!? How does a wretched carburetor just up and effing detach itself?

No parts were missing so I bolted the sucking carburetor back on and fired the bugger back up.

Sacre'mento.. what's a guy got to do to get a well earned rest around here?

30th June 2012, 07:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shane Enochs Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: West Virginia Posts: 146	I will never take electricity for granted again. My electricity has been off for almost 24 hours in 100F+ heat due to a huge storm that blew through my area. Nearly a million people were effected, and some won't have electricity for another four or five days. But thankfully it just came back on minutes ago. I was ROASTING. I'll never take electricity for granted again.

30th June 2012, 09:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheTomG Thomas M. Grimes Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 579 Blog Entries: 2	Re: I will never take electricity for granted again. Yep I had a 24 hour outage a few weeks back, but fortunately it was unseasonably cloudy so didn't get too hot down here in TX. Now if it had been the last 24 hours, it was up over 100 like you and it would have been hellish. Of course people did live and survive here prior to the electricity, but it makes me wonder how the heck they did it! Glad you no longer have to do that kind of historical research and can return to living in the modern day, with your power restored

30th June 2012, 10:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Triceratops Triceratops Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 253 Blog Entries: 18	Re: I will never take electricity for granted again. Yes, it's bad. I'm Norther Alabama, and we've hit triple digits. First our Jeep heater hose blew down by the core, then my Verizon module literally melted, then the house AC compressor fried. All of this within 12 hours. We're trying to recover. chris

30th June 2012, 11:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
Karn Maeshalanadae At the end of reality Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 3,405 Blog Entries: 23	Re: I will never take electricity for granted again. Ouch. And just because I'm in the Pacific Northwest doesn't mean we haven't dodged silver bullets in the past. I remember years when it hit nearly 120 Fahrenheit. Luckily we've had it mild this summer, nothing about 80 that I can recall right now. Sympathies to you all that have to deal with horrendous temperatures.

1st July 2012, 01:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Fairytale Jane Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: New York Posts: 23	Re: I will never take electricity for granted again. I've lasted for a day and a half without electricity and that was when I had gotten lost in a wooded area. Needless to say, I was bored and cold.

1st July 2012, 01:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
Shane Enochs Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: West Virginia Posts: 146	Re: I will never take electricity for granted again. I mean I've been camping for five to seven days without electricity. That's fine. But when something is supposed to work, that's when things go downhill.

1st July 2012, 06:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
Alex, The G and T Thar! That Blows. Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Posts: 362 Blog Entries: 1	Re: I will never take electricity for granted again. This is a bit I wrote to entertain myself, family and friends, a couple of months ago: "Elaine and I busted ass in the gardens today. We were tired and seriously hungry when the electricity failed; just about suppertime. We survived this entire weird winter without a power outage; then the power failed on a balmy summer's day. We gots dinner to make, feet to put up and television balm to be watching. So, I fire up the generator; which requires some hiking and rewiring. There's a Main breaker to be isolated up at the shop, where the utility feed lives; then hike back and plug in the generator to the frabbellizer, which only I know how to perpetrate. Cooking commences, the evening tv news commences. All is well, except the gas Oven controller seems to be having a fruitless argument with erratic voltage surges of a tired old generator. An Hour into this fiasco; with dinner yet unserved, The indicator light alleges that the Grid power is restored. So I shut down the generator, take the hike back to the shop to reenergize the Grid coitus actuator; then hike back to the house. Everything is yellow; which should be white, and the appliances are either confused or inactive. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company is supplying us with 58 volts on an 120 volt system. So... I reeffectuate the frabellizer, hike back up to the shop, disconnect the gridiphonium, slog back to the house and reenact the personal home power-source. The evening of our dreams ensue. We are fed, we have our feet up and we have television. For awhile... An hour later all goes, abruptly, dark. "OH, bloody hell, now what?" I crawl into the basement to see why the generator stopped running. Oh. The carburetor fell off. Really? Are the gawds ******* kidding me? The carburetor fell off?!? How does a wretched carburetor just up and effing detach itself? No parts were missing so I bolted the sucking carburetor back on and fired the bugger back up. Sacre'mento.. what's a guy got to do to get a well earned rest around here?

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