Hi Everyone, Enough is enough.....
Once again after all the promises after the last lot of power outages, the transformer truck that spent the night whilst the electricity department replaced (fixed) the cables the last time, we were assured that this time they had not "patched" the problem. (The power being off for 18 hours) Well on the 15/06 we had rain, and just after midnight the power went off AGAIN, I called the elect department and got a reference number 1002915878. Well when I went off to work at 06H00 on the 16/06, the power was still out. And to my annoyance on coming out of my house, there on the corner of Campbell and Scott Streets is .....yes you are right, the elect department at the same grey power box substation that was supposed to have been replaced with NEW CABLES.....I thought this box had been replaced with everything new, at the last power outage. My annoyance was very evident to the technicians present........and it was only at 10H00 on the 16/06 that the power was back on again. I believe the fire department was called as a couple of poles had minor fires on them (this is what I have heard from neighbours, as of course I was not there) WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.......do we not have the expertise to fix this box and its constant problems. Is it not time our Ward Councilor stood up and was counted to ensure that this problem is solved. I repeat, Enough is Enough. Regards, Doug. From: debra west [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 11:12 PM To: Doug Price Subject: Re: power failures hi doug, yes i've cc'd james and obsid in my recent emails and it does seem that james is getting results. ancois says vetus schola is meant to note power outages and then obsid notifies contactus. i think it's important to notify 0800220440 as quickly as possible, so i'll continue to call them and get ref. no.s as soon as i notice the outage. debra On 2011/05/30 10:03 AM, Doug Price wrote: Hi Debra, Thank you for this attachment, did you give James a copy? I agree with you about the very poor service, trouble is that with all the patch working taking place, we just go down at the slightest bit of inclement weather. James mentioned something about the elect. service station at the top of Rochester Road needs servicing, maybe we should start a thread to see what is actually happening with regards this overhaul. I am in 28 Campbell Street. Do not suppose the OBS improvement district could assist in any way. Just a thought...... Regards, Doug. From: debra west [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 4:53 PM To: Doug Price Subject: power failures hi doug, i don't know where you live, but i'm at 27 scott rd, and have been keeping a record of power failures since a bad experience in october last year. see attachment i'm glad you're also asking for a thorough repair of these cables. in an email in april, that also went to obsid, cedric and contactus, i said the following: how can the elec. dept not pick up that they're sending teams out here three to four times a month? and not schedule a thorough investigation and repair? i hope that james will be able to get results. debra ________________________________ Disclaimer http://www.shopriteholdings.co.za/pages/1019812640/disclaimer/E-mail-Disclaimer.asp ________________________________ 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.
