Burning Heat=No Electricity

yes it has been hot here also (southern ontario canada) and hydro is saying we need to cut back etc because there is not enough power to go around...but in reality, it is far too hot not to have air...

In my area we had 8-10 hrs of power shortages. You can imagine how miserable it has been.

no. not have a big problem..sometime, but a few hours..... we paid a elettronic error now.but are late.........

It has been extra hot this summer although we live in the Caribbean it does seem really hot but our electronics have not been hurt by it

Yes, it is very much there. If face power cuts frequently in our cit. Electricity sometimes goes off for hours together. We cannot do anything...it is in the hands of Govt. (I mean it is not private). We face it....in whatever manner we can.

It get very hot here some days its up to 98F and that is hot. We are lucky enough not to have a problem with the electricity going out. Now Im not going to say it never happens but it has not happened yet this year and if we are lucky it will not happen. Im sorry about your heat problem I hope you find ways to keep cool.

Oh dear, I am so sorry for you. I understand very well. I live in the USA, but in the desert, away from the cities. It is so hot I cannot stand to go out. The sun burns your skin and it hurts. It gets up to 125 degrees. My air conditioner broke last week. I was so ill for 15 hours in the house. It took two days to get over it. We also have problems with water. Our well breaks, and we have no running water for 1 to 3 days. No fun either. God bless you sugar, hope you don't have that often.

oh yes, aidonia, that is quite a problem here in my place as well. come summer and it starts on major power shortage and as a result big scale loadshedding!! its killing especially when we can't at all beat the heat. it gets increasingly difficult to survive for ppl not having a generator or inverter, most of them don't. i have installed UPS to my computer to save it from burning. i have had it once before. so, once bitten twice shy. lol.. the temperature is around 40C and its sultry and annoyingly sticky. blessed us who can stay indoor in AC comfort. but i just pity the daily wagers who have to go out no matter what! try and beat the heat, sweetie. hydrate yourself and eat lots of fruits and veggies. smilse...

Wow... I don't envy you that heat. I don't think I could stand it! I doubt we have ever been known to reach those temperatures in the UK, probably the highest ever is around 35C. Lately, we have been suffering torrential rain, thunder and hail storms as well as high winds and have a lot of the central and nothern parts of the country under water, so I suppose we all get extremes in some way. I hope your heat decreases to where you can be comfortable soon, and that ours increases to summer warmth. Enough is enough, my friend, and I shall be glad to get back to normal. ha ha ha Brightest Blessings.

I hope your heat wave has broken by now my friend :)It's very seldom that it gets unbearably hot where I live although I can't say that about the cold. On the rare occasion that it reaches into the 90's we tough it out as we don't have air conditioning. I've found a cold cloth on draped around my neck to be very refreshing on those days.

You mean the electricity was cut off due to the high temperature? Or was it the infrastructure that stops the electricity supply due to overheating? I would say I am lucky that so far the temperatures here in Singapore has not rise over 40C. If it is slightly higher than the normal, there would be bush fires.

We're having a heat wave now, plus high humidity...I actually had to get offline of my computer due to the terrible thunder/lightening storms last night and the danger of a blackout..there were some blackouts all around the big apple (NY)..baked apple is right!! LOL During the summer I never keep too much iin my refrigerator...just in case--would hate to have a stock up fridge/freezer only to have a blackout and have to throw everything out

For me i never face that problem before in my country.But i believe some place did face the earth warming effect.In my country the weather keep changing abnormal and unpredictable, summer season become raining season. Hope we save some tree for next generations.

Same Goes Here. Shortage Of Light For Over 9 Hours. Even UPS Dosent Works For Such Large Time. These Days Are Difficult To Pass With Extensive Heat Over 47C

It is very hot in Chicago, but we don't have any problem with electricity. I am indoors for last few days because it is too hot. I walk my dogs only late at night..... I have full supply of ice and ice cream to cool me down. It is about 34C right now, so it is not as bad.... Aidonia, stay in shade, take a sun umbrella and stay inside if possible. Heat is not good for you. Drink a lot. Cooling hugs!

my dear aidonia, as you know Italy is very similar to Greece and we have just had the hottest day of all with 45 °C in the south..so electricity is an increasing concern in Italy, too because of the increasing need of air conditioned..they say that we have enough power for all the nation at least until now..now the weather is getting cooler and everything is under control..so let's hope for the best..but of course the government is strongly advising people against any waste of electricy unless they want them to cut the electricity for nation's sake!!! so we are paying more and more attention to energy and everything seems ok!!! I hope things are getting better there too!!!

Wow that sucks for you it has also been pretty hot here where I live its around 96 degrees and its been hot for the past couple of days and will be like this till the weekend but luckly we havnt lost power from all of this heat which is a good thing and I dont think we will it would have to be over 100 degress inorder for us to loose power.

Here in India we also face hot and the same problem of electricity. It is really unbearable to stay without electricity at this hot. We face about 4-5 hrs a say here and in some places it is more or less 2-3 hrs minimum. Actually the natural resources that was used to generate power (coal) is diminishing day by day. It will create more problem if alternative sources are not made available at cheap cost.

Here on Saipan we also suffer from electricity problems, the rates are too high! It wasn’t always like that though; it all started in January of this year when the Legislators decided that we the people had to begin to pay for their mistakes. They started to charge us “fuel surcharge” to make up for all the money that they have lost. For the past few months we have been cutting down on the air conditioner, even when the heat is unbearable we use the fan. We don’t turn on the lights unless it is really necessary!

it never happened here, in all my life i never got temperatures higher than 40C, now you say 45?? where do you live exactly? is it common to happen all year?