Now, I Need a New Plan

@paigea (36318)

Canada

July 31, 2023 10:57am CST

After a relaxing morning with coffee, a book and myLot, it's time to swing into action. Vacuum, wash floors, laundry. And the power went off. I was prepared for that last night during a storm. Not now while the sun is shining. Hubby drove down the road and spotted the line fuse that was tripped. First, a frustrating half hour, on line, trying to report it. Then an hour (maybe only half an hour) on hold to the power company, they now know about it. Maybe three hours to send someone to fix it. Time for toast. Oh no, I can't have toast. I'll sweep and wash floors. Oh, no running water. I was going to wash windows, no running water. Time for something uncooked, plug my phone in, in the truck and head to the garden. I won't even notice the power is off. Hopefully it's on before the three flushes are used

Is your day going as planned?

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@Marilynda1225 (82582)

• United States

31 Jul 23

Hope they get your power back on quickly. That's the one thing I fear when we have bad storms and wham the power goes out. The other day our power went out while I was sitting in my power recliner. Nope couldn't close it and I was stuck

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

Oh my, comfy place to be stuck. Hubby was in the basement, pretty dark. Bright and sunny today. No storms. So don't know what it is until they send someone out.

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Aug 23

Hope they get out there and get your power back on. I’ve had a busy day doing laundry and cleaning.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

1 Aug 23

They did. It was off for about 3 hours. Plenty I could have done while it was off, it just throws me off.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

@RubyHawk Bed is best in that case

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

2 Aug 23

@paigea My power went off a couple of months ago. It was dark. I couldn’t watch TV, couldn’t read so I went to bed.

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@AmbiePam (91948)

• United States

31 Jul 23

I think it’s gone mostly to plan except for the two shots in the rear. I hate it when the power goes out.

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@AmbiePam (91948)

• United States

31 Jul 23

@paigea Glad to hear it. I remember our power went out on a sunny day because some yahoo decided to cut down his tree. Usually it’s always weather related.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

At least things are on plan. The power was out for about 3 hours. All back on now.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

@AmbiePam they didn't tell me what caused this. We couldn't see any reason and it was just the line to the two homes on this road. So we can see no one did anything. Our neighbour isn't even home. Sometimes it's a bird.

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@much2say (55318)

• Los Angeles, California

31 Jul 23

No power - argh! Hopefully it'll come back on sooner than expected. At that point, you're forced to unplug, but in a way it's a good thing . . . you'll get other stuff done.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

Funny how everything I went to do needed power

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@much2say (55318)

• Los Angeles, California

1 Aug 23

@paigea Of course that happens, right

? Times like that we realize just how much we rely on electricity

.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

1 Aug 23

@much2say Yes, it's very eye opening. Of course there's do much other stuff to do but it throws me off.

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@rebelann (112738)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Jul 23

What a bummer. So are you finally up and running again?

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@rebelann (112738)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Jul 23

That's good. I hope it won't black out again anytime soon.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

Up and atem. But no power.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

Now the power is back.

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@RebeccasFarm (89741)

• Arvada, Colorado

31 Jul 23

Oh gosh Paige..what a pain for you.

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@RebeccasFarm (89741)

• Arvada, Colorado

31 Jul 23

@paigea Stuff other stuff

Happy August coming to you both xo

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

It's a pain, but we are kind of always prepared And it's back on now. So what's my excuse now for not doing stuff

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@snowy22315 (179732)

• United States

31 Jul 23

Your house sounds like it is all electric like mine. You can do very little when the power is off. At least you are not in desperate need of heat or AC.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

We do have natural gas furnace and hot water heaters. But the furnace fan is electric, and the water pump is electric. So yes, pretty stuck when the power is out. We do have a generator, but furnace fan and water pump aren't wired in a way to be able to plug in to generator. Something we could change. We didn't bother with generator today and power was back in after 3 hours.

@allknowing (135331)

• India

1 Aug 23

We must always have plan B if Plan A does not work. Hope you got your power

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

1 Aug 23

It was on after about 3 hours. I had lots I could do.

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@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

1 Aug 23

My day went along with no firm plan in mind. I do have my task list, and did accomplish most of the tasks on the list.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

1 Aug 23

I'd call that an amazing day.

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@Tampa_girl7 (50080)

• United States

31 Jul 23

We have had our power go off and on all afternoon. It’s hopefully back on for good.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

That can be annoying. Ours is back

@wolfgirl569 (105254)

• Marion, Ohio

1 Aug 23

Hope they got it on fast. My day went good

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

1 Aug 23

About 3 hours before it was on. Glad you had a good day

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@Fleura (30168)

• United Kingdom

31 Jul 23

No running water? That's a serious problem. Hope they get that fixed soon!

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

31 Jul 23

No power for the pump. We have big camping jugs full of water. And plenty of rain barrel water to flush. And it's just us without power. We can go to town to get water if need be.

@JudyEv (338661)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Aug 23

Whenever the power goes off, my first thought is to do the ironing while I can't do anything else. DUH!!

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

1 Aug 23

I know

For me, it's always vaccum.

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