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20. It's a 100 degrees here

Sun Jul 27, 2014, 05:07 PM

Jul 2014

We just hope it comes back on soon

At work we just drop what we are doing and go outside and play with our phones

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Power blackouts 3 times in 3 months in my area, how's your service ? [View all] steve2470 Jul 2014 OP

I think you have it worse than I do, my sincere sympathies ! nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #3

I live in key west Max power Jul 2014 #2

every other week ? WTH....how do you all cope with that ? nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #4

Well, here in Fort La di da... Callmecrazy Jul 2014 #5

ha ! So I am not alone in my acute first world suffering :p steve2470 Jul 2014 #6

It's a double edged sword... Callmecrazy Jul 2014 #7

well yea there is that to contend with :p nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #8

It's a 100 degrees here Max power Jul 2014 #20

Our power goes out for no apparent reason. femmocrat Jul 2014 #9

That's all? NV Whino Jul 2014 #10

yea I'm seeing I'm actually pretty fortunate from this thread nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #11

It's pretty rare - maybe once or twice a year. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #12

From my experience the utility companies gvstn Jul 2014 #13

this thing ? steve2470 Jul 2014 #21

Yes. gvstn Jul 2014 #22

Our power goes out at least once a week sammytko Jul 2014 #14

3 years ago our power went out for 5 days..... JeffHead Jul 2014 #15

It rarely goes out sakabatou Jul 2014 #16

Say Generac easychoice Jul 2014 #17

There have been a few lightening strikes in the past week RebelOne Jul 2014 #18

i don't think i've experienced a half dozen real outages in my life fizzgig Jul 2014 #19

I lose power 4-5 times per year on average dr.strangelove Jul 2014 #23

I've Lived RobinA Jul 2014 #24