No Electricty at Our House
@BelleStarr (61102)
United States
February 25, 2016 5:44pm CST
No not here in Florida, luckily we have underground utilities but I got a call from my grandson Alex who is house sitting for us in Connecticut telling me the electricity was out. The heavy winds and rain have caused a lot of outages our neighborhood is one of them. I was able to contact the electric company and they were aware of the outage. They said that the power should be restored by tomorrow night. Hopefully, the weather will stay above freezing.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
25 Feb 16
I hope that the power will be fixed soon and that the weather will stay above freezing in Conneticut.
As an aside, when we have a power outage we just call 1800 Power ON as we have duke power.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
Thanks, we have Eversource and they have an online site as well as phone number and I was able to check from here in Florida on my iPhone.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
26 Feb 16
@BelleStarr advancements in technology , huh? I don't know if Duke Power has any of that but it's just as easy to make the quick call. luckily ours doesn't go out so much during storms.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum I think the problem comes in when thousands of people are without power, it overwhelms the phone system
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
He went home to his parents house since he has to do his college homework on the computer.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
26 Feb 16
Oh no - I hope the weather clears out soon.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@BelleStarr Great to hear the storm is gone. No damages either - I hope.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@infatuatedbby Nope all is back to normal.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
It did, the storm moved out to sea and now there is calm back on the east coast.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
26 Feb 16
oh dear, i hope they get such fixed quickly 'n there's no damage to yer home, hon. must be a harrowin' 'xperience bein' so far 'way...not that'cha could do much if'n ya were there. big hugs!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
Yes and last week it was our lake house that had no heat, we are having bad luck all around!! All is well however.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
29 Feb 16
@crazyhorseladycx Sending hugs back, it is all smooth sailing right now lol
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@BelleStarr oh no! sounds like here a few years 'go 'xcept 'twas no water. i hope that schtuff starts behavin' fer ya, hon. sendin' big hugs!!
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Feb 16
It's so bad to lose electricity in the winter. The fan on the heater doesn't work and it gets cold. I hope they get it on sooner than tomorrow night.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
It did come back that same afternoon. I think we were pretty lucky compared to others.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@fishtiger58 We have had those kind of storms too but I have to say our power company has made great strides in getting trees cut back to help avoid this problem but of course the high winds that this storm brought were hard to overcome.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
28 Feb 16
@BelleStarr I remember one winter we had a huge ice storm, took 3 cold days to get our power back.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
Yes I know that they are much more common in third world countries but keep in mind that it is much colder here and our pipes can freeze which makes it a bigger issue.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
@sidsks lol no Internet? no washing machine? no good!! We are just not equipped to live without it, it has become so much a part of our lives. Yes we are spoiled no doubt but ti is what it is!!
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@sidsks (89)
• India
26 Feb 16
@BelleStarr yes i certainly do agree with that point but also i could counter-act with : there are many places in Russia, Siberia or other polar places where people have no access to electricity and yet live happily and merrily.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
26 Feb 16
I was worried that we would lose electricity a couple of days ago. The wind was horrible and we had quite a thunderstorm too.
I think it is supposed to warm up this weekend. I heard 35 tomorrow and 55 on Sunday and we are North of Connecticut.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
Well that is good news, I am hoping I will hear from Alex when he gets home from work that the electricity is back on.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
26 Feb 16
It is good that the utility company is working on it. Nice to have a family member house sit.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Feb 16
I always am worried that things might thaw out that is in the freezer.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Feb 16
@BelleStarr ...Good. I always worry about such things when there is a outage.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
That was the first thing I told Alex, not to open the freezer under any circumstances. I think it was out less than 30 hours so it should be okay.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
He went home to his parents house overnight. Hopefully the house will be warm when he returns today after work.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
26 Feb 16
I hope all is on again for them.... 
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
Me too, the thought of frozen pipes is a little daunting from down here.
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Feb 16
That could mean a very cold night that far north. I hope it gets restored soon.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
Me too, frozen pipes are something I don't want to think about.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
Yes the first instructions I gave Alex was don't open the freezer for any reason. But this time of year is not like summer, it should be fine.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Feb 16
@BelleStarr That's more or less what I was thinking.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
I think mine is back on but Alex went home to his parents but it is not too cold there only in the 40s so no danger of freezing. It is just hard being here and not being able to check on it.
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
26 Feb 16
@BelleStarr It must be hard when you are so far away and not able to check on things
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
@AnneEJ It is and last week we got a call from a neighbor at our lake house, yikes, twice in two weeks is a little much!!
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@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
26 Feb 16
We lost power for a little the other night. So did others in our area. I think some lost their electricity for longer than we did. We're lucky as we live near a hospital and two seniors homes. So we generally don't lose power for very long.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
We do have a generator and if we had been at home we would have hooked it up but we didn't want to put that on Alex.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Feb 16
I hope your was fixed quickly, I is back now and no damage done to our house.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
Yees which is why he went home to his parents house. They have electricity.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
They will probably never be underground in our town, just too expensive.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Feb 16
He does work long hours so he will be fine, he went home so he could work on his class homework since there is no Internet without the electricity.
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