We Had 9 Hours Blackout This Day
@cacay1 (84452)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
April 17, 2016 9:45am CST
Our blackout started seven o'clock in the morning and ended five o' clock in the evening. It was a very long blackout.My head was aching very badly. I was searching for a fan or aircon. My young nephews ages 4, and 5 cried and shouted. I bought 3 fans that require
only batteries to stop the babies from crying desperately.They calm down when see the fans.They were able to sleep in the day.I am very late in my task here. When shall our problem of blackout end? The feeling sucks.
Photo Credit: Pinterest
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@kevin1877uk (36987)
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17 Apr 16
Glad that it's now back, 9 hours is a long time.
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@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Apr 16
@kevin18hours.77uk, Very true, long hours, weary and restless hours.
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@louievill (28849)
• Philippines
17 Apr 16
Terrible, poor kids i wonder what will happen if that occurs during election day
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@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Apr 16
@louievill, We already have in our mind what to happen if backout occurs during election, very sure of fraud results. I hate our politics full of liars, cheaters, unconcerned,
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@LovingMyBabies (85295)
• Valdosta, Georgia
17 Apr 16
I am so sorry, I hope things are better now for you. Black outs are terrible, especially in the heat!
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@RasmaSandra (83416)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Apr 16
@cacay1 hope the blackout doesn't repeat itself. I know that can be horrid in hot weather.
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@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Apr 16
@RasmaSandra Our power supply is getting thinner, so blackout continues, again this day in the afternoon.Too bad to think about this marathon blackout.
@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
17 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies, It is truly terrible. I cannot describe our feelings at home. We were so restless. I took a bath 4 times a day.
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@karjatwala (1120)
• Pune, India
18 Apr 16
Earlier we too have power problems and used to have 3 hours of power shut down every day. But since the last few years, we are having 24x7 power unless there is some maintenance work going on.
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@karjatwala (1120)
• Pune, India
18 Apr 16
@cacay1 that 3 hours was also more than 5 years back, now there is no problems as such.
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@karjatwala (1120)
• Pune, India
18 Apr 16
@cacay1 We are having draught problem in India, our place getting water every alternate day. But some places it is very severe, water once every fortnight only.
@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Apr 16
@karjatwala, Better you there 3 hours, ours here, 9 very long weary and restless hours.The reason is the long drought, the power supply is getting thinner.
@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
18 Apr 16
That is a long black out, what did you do during this time, to keep busy?
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@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
21 Apr 16
@CookieMonster46 We cannot withstand the hot climate.
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@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Apr 16
@CookieMonster46, We went to malls to cool ourselves.We cannot survive at home, super hot.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
17 Apr 16
Very very bad! I can feel how hot it is without any electric fan, and you can do almost nothing the whole day! I kept on insisting that the government should use alternative power sources that are earth-friendly! My friend, you can look for solar panels that can run electric fans for the babies.
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@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Apr 16
@acelawrites, Where could we buy them friend? It is not easy to mange.It gives too much headaches.We'll have another blackout this afternoon to evening. What shall we do here? It makes life miserable.
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@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Apr 16
@acelawrites Really? I will go to mall tomorrow. I hope I can afford. Thanks my dear.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
18 Apr 16
@cacay1 They are available even in some hardware stores or electronic stores. One had it in Facebook, the Beltran Solar. I think they deliver even in the provinces. They conducted a product demo. here in our place and I just wish we could have it in our home.
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@SIMPLYD (90720)
• Philippines
19 Apr 16
That is expected that the children will fret and cry because it's so hot and there's no electric fan . 
We will also have that on Sunday . Oh my ! I make sure that my rechargeable lamp with fan will be fully charged and will just stay at our bedroom , since it's not so hot there , with the screened windows open .
We will also have that on Sunday . Oh my ! I make sure that my rechargeable lamp with fan will be fully charged and will just stay at our bedroom , since it's not so hot there , with the screened windows open .
@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
17 Apr 16
Man, I heard it is really hot in the Philippines right now! That is a beautiful picture you posted!
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@cacay1 (84452)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Apr 16
@antonbunot, It is super hot here these days now. We do not know where to go.The beaches are so hot too.
