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arashinokoto
Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 2106 Location: singapore Country: |
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Pemu
Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 1656 Location: Europe
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hohoho! The power blackout occured here last night as well!
After the NY/Canada incident the representatives of the electricity company assured there would never be such an incident as in the US...they use different system from the US, not dependin on the major power source...oops...the power went out in the middle of watchin Phone Booth movie at 20.15 local time last night. The blackout affected the Capital region and its surroundings.
We all went for a stroll, hehe. Power went back on at 21.00. Hehe! I bet ppl lmao'ed at the electricity company braggin off
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takuya_angel
Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 356 Location: Singapore Country: |
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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arashinokoto wrote: | yah.. singapore's news was also reporting that big blackout.. so you experienced it..??
well.. a blackout did happen to my house once when i was about 10.. but then when we went out to check.. only my house had no electricity.. as we live in a block of flats it was kind of wierd.. only when my mom checked the box at the stairway landing then she realised the reason.. a bird had built its nest inside the box.. accidently turning the main switch off... it was soo interesting.. i had to sit outside the corridor to do my homework wait for my electricity man to fix it again.. neighbours were rather surprised to see me and my bro in our pjs doing homework in the corridor... |
Oh my god! The 'bird nest' incident!! It happened in my secondary school once. Everybody was so excited abt it!! hahaha! It was hilarious!
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takuya_angel
Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 356 Location: Singapore Country: |
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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vienna_sg wrote: | Happen once which i think last yr. The eastern S'pore was affected. Luckily it happen during the day and power was restored a few hrs later. |
Oh yeah, i heard abt it but i didn't realised coz i was asleep the whole time the black-out happened. And there's also another incident, but i was in KL, M'sia.
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stargirl
Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 351 Location: Philippines Country: |
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lovelessemotion
Joined: 07 Apr 2002 Posts: 2495 Location: Wales Country: |
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:05 am Post subject: |
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DarKchylD wrote: | yah i remember once a few years back... there was a massive blackout... i remember feeding the mosquitos the whole nite long... | hehehe
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karen who is hoping someone would seed Beautiful Life 4
(again this is funny!)
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UWFShooter
Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 436 Location: New York F***in City!!! Country: |
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arashinokoto
Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 2106 Location: singapore Country: |
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:28 am Post subject: |
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takuya_angel wrote: | Oh my god! The 'bird nest' incident!! It happened in my secondary school once. Everybody was so excited abt it!! hahaha! It was hilarious! |
i guess that happens quite often in singapore rather than a real blackout.. haha..
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kndy-nt2099
Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 411 Location: USA Country: |
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone been in a blackout? |
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Ren wrote: | Anyone here been in a blackout before? Its been a big news in the USA for two days straight now. Three or four states in the east coast of the US experience blackout including the state of New York. I thought blackout was fun when i was young. |
Here in my part of California it happens somwhere between 4-8 times a year. It's expected almost every year during a storm or something and it sucks because although we do have the ones that last for 10 hours or so, our blackouts have the tendency to come in and out super quicly and ruining television sets, computers and any technology.
That's why they sell so many APC battery backups here in the area I guess. My important computer related hardware is hooked up to one and everything else on surge protectors. My parents bought a new big screen TV and there was a blackout two weeks ago and kept coming on and off super quick and then their TV stopped working after the power came back on hours later.
But I suppose if I lived in New York...where I was stuck in an office in a high rise or in an elevator or during the hot summer, I'd go nuts.
It's just so eerie when you go out and everything is pitched black and quiet.... My only way of going through my house is through the light on my cel phone or PDA.
kndy
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone been in a blackout? |
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kndy-nt2099 wrote: |
Here in my part of California it happens somwhere between 4-8 times a year. It's expected almost every year during a storm or something and it sucks because although we do have the ones that last for 10 hours or so, our blackouts have the tendency to come in and out super quicly and ruining television sets, computers and any technology. |
4-8 times??? Where in California are you?
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kndy-nt2099
Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 411 Location: USA Country: |
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone been in a blackout? |
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bmwracer wrote: |
4-8 times??? Where in California are you? |
Hiya, this took place in the Central Cali. area. I've never had this problem in the Bay Area or Los Angeles but it happens quite a bit.
kndy
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone been in a blackout? |
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kndy-nt2099 wrote: |
Hiya, this took place in the Central Cali. area. I've never had this problem in the Bay Area or Los Angeles but it happens quite a bit.
kndy |
Hmm, seems really odd that Central Californnia would be more subsceptible to blackouts than any other part of California...
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Amika
Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 570 Location: Malaysia Country: |
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MixxDreamer
Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 3779 Location: so. cali, USA Country: |
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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niko2x wrote: | Would brownouts be more of a pain in the neck than blackouts? I would suspect that the brownouts would happen more frequently. | i wonder why they call brownout? anyway brownout and blackouts are the same -_- _________________
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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MixxDreamer wrote: | i wonder why they call brownout? anyway brownout and blackouts are the same -_- |
Nope, they're not the same: A brownout is when the voltage level drops way below the norm, whereas a blackout is a total loss of power...
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