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Three days with no electricity

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M0nica Sat 12-Jun-21 10:46:49

I was a bit puzzled, as I have found that our energy supplier and the grid control company, have generally been excellent in responding to all power and gas crises.

Now I know she lives in Australia, I epect they do things differently there.

tanith Sat 12-Jun-21 09:59:55

Maybe Nanna8 has a back up generator?

CafeAuLait Sat 12-Jun-21 08:58:14

Juliet27

CafeAuLait

We just got a limb falling through the roof of our chicken coop.

Windy weather? Hope the chickens are ok.

The chickens are fine. It was their outdoor area, they were tucked away for the night.

Juliet27 Sat 12-Jun-21 08:55:49

FannyCornforth

ExD - nanna8 is in Australia, not sure which region

Nanna8 is in Melbourne area

Aveline Sat 12-Jun-21 08:54:18

Try tweeting about it naming the power company. That usually leads to action.

Juliet27 Sat 12-Jun-21 08:53:41

CafeAuLait

We just got a limb falling through the roof of our chicken coop.

Windy weather? Hope the chickens are ok.

FannyCornforth Sat 12-Jun-21 08:50:44

ExD - nanna8 is in Australia, not sure which region

ExD Sat 12-Jun-21 08:49:15

That's not on in this day and age, I hope you didn't have a freezer full pf food. Where do you live nanna8 and who is your power company?

CafeAuLait Sat 12-Jun-21 08:44:24

We just got a limb falling through the roof of our chicken coop.

CafeAuLait Sat 12-Jun-21 08:40:37

You poor thing. We got lucky. Is it at least coming on and off so your freezer and fridge stay cold? A few years back we had a multi day power cut. Usually just as I was getting concerned everything would spoil we got a short wave of power before it went out again. It was enough to keep the food cold enough and phone charged. I hope your house is okay.

Baggs Sat 12-Jun-21 08:15:22

Have you tried looking online, nanna8? I think most electricity/power companies put information on their websites when there's been an outage.

Hope it's resolved soon.

Baggs Sat 12-Jun-21 08:14:05

Whitewavemark2

Why Christmas?

Christmas ⁇ ?

Whitewavemark2 Sat 12-Jun-21 08:09:17

Why Christmas?

FannyCornforth Sat 12-Jun-21 07:51:41

Hello Nanna8 that sounds grim.
What do you mean, won't answer the phone? What are you going to do next?

nanna8 Sat 12-Jun-21 07:46:14

We had a storm on Wednesday night and we still have no power after 3 days. Privatisation just doesn’t cut it I’m afraid. The power company will not answer the phone or respond to emails. I have a memory of post war London and, truly, things were much better when any power failures occurred way back in the 1950s . We are truly a third world country here but that is a bit of an insult to those countries who at least don’t pretend to be civilised! Ok, rant over .