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Power cut!

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Vebrithien · 10/02/2024 21:42

Just that really.

Power went out about 40 mins ago. There has been an outage in the street behind us, and a few houses in our street, for the last 2 hours.

A few houses came back on, and most of our street went out.

The engineers are on site already, but don't know what has caused it.

Got candles, power bank and a pre filled hot water bottle. DH knows not to open the fridge/freezer!

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Mammma91 · 10/02/2024 21:43

What a nightmare! Hope power is restored soon. Did you all manage to have some food before the power cut? I remember being a teen at home with a power cut because of bad weather for 9 hours. I was eating plain bread to ease the hunger lol

Vebrithien · 10/02/2024 21:51

Yes, thank you. Got little children, so ate early.

There is a fault in the underground cable, apparently a team from the next city over are being sent to dig up the road.

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Flanjango · 10/02/2024 21:57

I always dread power cuts. Without power or Wi-Fi we are cut off completely as mobile internet/signal non existent. With autistic teens that's a tricky one, trust me. Hope they restore it soon.

Vebrithien · 10/02/2024 22:01

That sounds tough!

Thankfully, we have good mobile signal in some parts of the house.

Usually set the dishwasher off overnight, and do a load of washing.

Can't even catch up on Gladiators!

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