power cut in wellington

**knight rider** · 14th March 2007, 00:24

who here in wellington experainced the power cut? apparently johnsonville & Porirua did. Which was good cause I got to finish work early

was crusing along the motor way behind a line of 3 cars which was only doing 80kms which was good for me as the roads were slippery & dark. Had 2 cars just about ram me from behind so though bugger this i'm speeding up. So past the 3 cars & traveled at an amazing 90km/h WOW

didn't wana push the limit of 100km/h as I wasn't too confident riding at that speed in these conditions. Anyway saw about 2 fire engines attending some crashes along the way. Why is it that people don't drive to the conditions? I mean it had been pouring down with rain.

Anyway am curious as to how far the power cut went. was off from about 11:15pm - 1am

Anyone know why it was off? am guessing someone hit a pole or something??

**Kendog** · 14th March 2007, 05:23

Was of in the Newlylands as well.

**Donor** · 14th March 2007, 05:55

Lightning strike apparently...

**Guitana** · 14th March 2007, 06:57

Everybody from the Hutt to Kapiti experienced that one!!! Talk about dark you could see the stars really well without all that light pollution!
No doubt there will be a number of young mums springing up in nine months time what with the TV not working what else is there to do!!!!!

**Squeak the Rat** · 14th March 2007, 07:05

Listen to the wellingtonians complaining about their 2 hour power cut...... They're common place for the rest of the country you know.

(p/t - just throwing it back down at ya's)

**bobsmith** · 14th March 2007, 07:22

2 hour power cuts???

FFS are we still in the dark ages? Perhaps we live in a third world country???

What the hell are people supposed to do without computers??? Better go out and get a big UPS.......

**Wasp** · 14th March 2007, 07:22

hahaha, for once my suburb didnt have a power cut - we're supplied by the dodgy substation on the hutt river near boulcott

**Guitana** · 14th March 2007, 07:33

Originally Posted by Squeak the Rat

Listen to the wellingtonians complaining about their 2 hour power cut...... They're common place for the rest of the country you know.

(p/t - just throwing it back down at ya's)

I was'nt complaining I actually enjoyed it!!!!!!
Nothing like total darkness and a thunderstorm to top off the evening!

**Nasty** · 14th March 2007, 07:44

It was lovely .. there is nothing like the silence of a powercut ... this really brings home how much noise we have in our lives.

**bistard** · 14th March 2007, 07:53

The power was off in Grenada Village/Newlands,the only way we knew,was the alarm clock did not go off this morning,so abit of a panic to get ready & then do battle with peak hour traffic,over an hour behind schedule
So what time did the power go off,according to the flashing alarm,it would have been about 2.00 in the morning??

**judecatmad** · 14th March 2007, 07:55

Not sure that we had one - but if it was the middle of the night I'd probably be blissfully unaware!

Used to have them all the time in Auckland - sub-station failures, lightning strikes, cars hitting poles, etc. It is pretty 3rd world when you think about it..... (well, maybe not 3rd, but certainly not 1st)

**Finn** · 14th March 2007, 07:57

It wasn't a lightning strike. Someone plugged in a hairdryer and took the whole village out just like that TV show, Men in Trees. Find the breaker and flick it back on.

**Drum** · 14th March 2007, 08:03

Stokes Valley was out.
There was a big lightning flash, and then all when dark.

Woke up the baby too.

**Nasty** · 14th March 2007, 08:36

Originally Posted by bistard

The power was off in Grenada Village/Newlands,the only way we knew,was the alarm clock did not go off this morning,so abit of a panic to get ready & then do battle with peak hour traffic,over an hour behind schedule
So what time did the power go off,according to the flashing alarm,it would have been about 2.00 in the morning??

Power went off around 11.15 and back on in Whitby at 1.15 am