Thanx you Auckland pricks!

**danb** · 12th June 2006, 22:21

Originally Posted by Zed

I'm in part of Auckland that wasn't affected today, the whole of the Northshore and West Auckland had continuous power. In Albany where I work we experienced the spikes in electicity in the morning and afternoon but never lost any power, there was a pile of unsent faxes on the desk at 4pm though.

I had friends caught in the traffic jams and family without power until 1pm, it did indirectly affect me, but when i saw the state of the Sth Is on the box tonight i cringed and was immediately thankful for where I am right now.

Ahh least the CBD didn’t loose power for 5 weeks like last time. 4 - 8 hours isn’t to bad (Unless you are stuck in a lift

) and yes it shouldn’t have happed in the first place but shit does and will happen.
The power is still off in allot of homes down south and I send my sympathy for them as you don’t appreciate electricity till you have lost it. Won’t forget today dramas for a long time.

**SlowHand** · 12th June 2006, 22:25

yeah, no power cut in Albany. Was frantic trying to save my work everytime the lights flickered. Day off would have been nice. Sigh.

**danb** · 12th June 2006, 22:29

Think my emailserver (Exchange 2003) is going nuts - getting double emails exactly the same every time I get an post notify email from this website.

Is it me or this website even though this websites server is hosted in the states?

**Big Dave** · 12th June 2006, 22:45

Originally Posted by boomer

ok..my mistake; I wrongly assumed you meant non 3rd world countries

hehehehe

Don't call sydney backwards mate - it's the capital of the 52nd state of the Union and has more Kiwis than Hamilton.

**placidfemme** · 13th June 2006, 13:58

Originally Posted by MAXIMUSDEMERITUS

I assume that's because espresso machines run on electricity?

Well... on Queen St there were three grey/silver vans parked up selling coffee's and late's and all that crap out the back of the van's... very clever... at least someone made some money yesterday

**buellbabe** · 13th June 2006, 14:46

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

Think of the little guys too!
At least the News and Campell Live get something new to bitch about.

yeah yeah whatever... I got sent home...so rode home in the most appalling weather... blasting down the Southern, getting blown all over the place... made it home, shed the gear, turned the heater on thinking "shit-hot!" then moments later the phone rings and I get called back into work, a sparky got the buildings generator going... UNBELIEVABLE!!! and yes! I went back in...

**Motu** · 13th June 2006, 14:57

Originally Posted by Big Dave

similar conditions had me eating cold soup in Seoul, Sydney and Taipei.
Hobart the same. Anywhere where trees grow faster than they can be cut back from all the wires generally - that's only from what i see out the window of course. (insert rude smilie here)

When I lived on Waiheke Island power cuts were a way of life - it was supplied with 3 undersea cables.In storms one was always likely to fail,or a tree taking out a powerline - we were well set up for blackouts.I had hurricane lamps on hooks on the ceiling by the back door,always full of kero,candles and matches easy to hand even in the dark - it was a well oiled routine as we jumped into action,everyone had their job.We were on tank water with a pump,so the bottom of the pantry was full of 3 litre water bottles,a gas bottle and single ring burner under the bench close to the stove....there was almost no break in the cooking as the pot went onto the gas burner.At work we never noticed,just drop the air gun and pick up a ratchet.It was a bugger when a car was up on a hoist though,we had to wind it down by hand,reaching the bottom just as the power came back on.

No one ever complained - we were tree hugging hippies,that's what we were there for,to experiance life on the edge.