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Old 07-11-2016, 09:37 PM #1
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Default What is the longest power cut you have ever had?
Mine a few hours , went off about 5pm came back on at 9.30pm.
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Don't think I've ever had one. We've run out of money on the meters before but that doesn't really count.
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We had some recently that were literally split second power cuts, which was so annoying because everything still turned off. And it kept happening
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For about a week back in September 2008, when the remnants of Hurricane Ike turned into a huge wind event that knocked out power for a good portion of the Northeastern U.S., parts of Ontario, and parts of Quebec.
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