Hi Piet, It is now 13 hours since the power went out. I have called the City Electricity department twice, the last call was five minutes ago. They tell me that one of the electrical boxes last night exploded causing cables to burn, thus knocking out the power, they tell me they are presently fixing the problem - replacing the cables - yet will not be able to give me a time when the power will be restored.
When you called did you get a reference number? I will keep calling on an hourly basis, hopefully they will have good news. Hope that they will fix this once and for all. Doug. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Piet Rheeders de Wet Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 10:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [obsnw] Constant Power Outages - again last night Hi Doug, I'm also gatvol. I live on Arnold street between Scott and Bishop, also had no power from somewhere between 11 and midnight. I have a baby in the house, so to wake up in the middle of the night not being able to use the microwave to heat milk is quite a pain in the ass, and also a security issue, and the house gets too cold. I phone city council, they had the same reply as the last two times. They actually don't know what the problem is, it only happens when it rains. They start looking for the problem, and it always ends up drying before they find it, then everything works again, til the next big rain. I think its out of their control, but it sure would be nice if they can fix it. Let's just hold thumbs. Piet On 2011/05/25 08:17 AM, Doug Price wrote: I am asking myself the question WHY SO MANY POWER OUTAGES We in Observatory between Rochester Road, to Milton Road and from the lower main road to the top main road seem to suffer this inconvenience every time we have a little bit of rain. The area could be bigger but this is what I have ascertained. This is the third power outage in this area in the last couple of months. The latest one was still on the go from midnight last night to when I left home for work this morning What is the problem, and why can it not be fixed? I would be happy if someone could supply an answer, I have mailed the city, yet all the say they know about it....then nothing further. Doug ________________________________ Disclaimer http://www.shopriteholdings.co.za/pages/1019812640/disclaimer/E-mail-Disclaimer.asp -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. ________________________________ Disclaimer http://www.shopriteholdings.co.za/pages/1019812640/disclaimer/E-mail-Disclaimer.asp -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
