Power outage

[homeball]

We lost power around 5 AM this morning. All of Hemingway is in darkness. Probably affects the whole village. Right now my computer system is entirely on battery backup. Any one know what's going on??

-Dave-

[homeball]

Village radio station playing oldies. Not making any public service announcements or giving out info on the power outage. Playing oldies is not the way to go during an emergency.:shrug:

Can't get thru to a human being at SECO.

-Dave-

[chuckster]

Could be wrong but there is no staff at VNN until 7am. Did you call Village watch or Fire station??

[homeball]

Could be wrong but there is no staff at VNN until 7am. Did you call Village watch or Fire station??

Got thru to the Sheriff's office. Didn't know the radio station is on auto pilot overnight. OK, everything is up and running again.

-Dave-

[chuckster]

Curious, did you find out what caused the power loss?

[chelsea24]

The lack of air conditioning woke me and really didn't know what to do. Power out all through Duval. Anymore villages???

Good idea to call the Sheriff's office. Duh! I never thought of it! Wow, I would not be good in an emergency! :oops:

[NJblue]

Probably best to not call the sheriff's office in a non-emergency. I called Community Watch and they filled me in. I'll probably program the SECO number into my cell phone so I can call them directly.

The one nice thing about the otage was the view of the stars without all the ambient lighyting to get in the way.

[F16 1UB]

898 miles, 14.5 hrs driving time, torrential rain going thru Atlanta and I was sound asleep FINALLY home in bed. "Honey, wake up, it's dark in the house'"
You have got to be :censored: me. Come on Teddy, lets go for a walk and do serious business. :oops:

[chelsea24]

F16! I tried to wake up vetman! Dead to the world! My hero!!! :a20:

[chelsea24]

Probably best to not call the sheriff's office in a non-emergency. I called Community Watch and they filled me in. I'll probably program the SECO number into my cell phone so I can call them directly.

The one nice thing about the otage was the view of the stars without all the ambient lighyting to get in the way.


Very good idea. Thanks.

[KathieI]

OK, I have to admit something. Only my best friends know this.... but I'm always LATE!! with everything!! Forgot to pay the elec bill last week and got a phone call.. Right!? So wake up at 6am to complete darkness and thought, OK, Kath, you did it this time... Sunday morning, 6am, no elec...... you won't be able to get anyone till Monday morning to pay the bill. Me and the babies are going to suffocate to death cause its so hot in here, how am I going to keep my date today without electricity (and prob hot water), its okay, I'll go to F16's house..... look outside, stars are brighter than this city girl has ever seen in her life, and suddenly realize that the whole neighborhood is out!! Should I call F16 and wake him up? Should I call Chels and wake her up??? Oh I know, I'll drive over to their houses, oops, how do I get the garage door open, oh oh.... well, might as well go back to sleep. Find out, its wasn't just me, WHEW!! The whole neighborhood went out. Let me add..... this is the ONLY time I have ever missed a husband!!!!!!!!!!

[jblum8156]

no outage in Amelia

[ceejay]

The power was out in Amelia around 5:42 this morning. I have NEVER been in such total dark in my life! Does anyone know what the cause was?

[elevatorman]

I am in Duval, north of Odell Westmoreland Loop, no problem here with power.

[homeball]

Whatever the cause was, from the posts it seems that not everyone was affected. Probably a transformer near one of the construction sites blew for some reason. It only lasted an hour or thereabouts.

I should have thought to call CW. I have their number on the fridge. It's hard to find human beings to talk to in the middle of the night. Just robots answering the phones. The sheriff's station was very helpful though.

Cars were backed up because the gates wouldn't go up. Maybe they should be set to go up in the event of a power outage so that vehicles can get thru.

Well, at least it gave us a chance to check our emergency equipment including the two battery powered Coleman hurricane lamps and radio. Must remember to install a hard wired phone somewhere in the house because the cordless units were all dead. At least there was the cell phone.

Everyone have a nice day.

-Dave-

[Kelsie52]

That leads to a question I have about power outages

We visited in July and as many others have said --fell in love with TV hope to be bask in February and will most likely buy since I will be retiring in August.

Does TV experience many outages during the year ? What is the usual duration of the outage if any

Do people buy back up generators ?

I work for the Utility here in NY and Outages are not that common unless there is a extended heat wave or violent winds that cause overhead wire damage. Outages are fairly short in duration so Back up generation is mostly limited to what we call "sensetive customers" Hospitals, nursing homes,etc

Thanks and Hope to join you folks soon:jester:

[chelsea24]

OK, I have to admit something. Only my best friends know this.... but I'm always LATE!! with everything!! Forgot to pay the elec bill last week and got a phone call.. Right!? So wake up at 6am to complete darkness and thought, OK, Kath, you did it this time... Sunday morning, 6am, no elec...... you won't be able to get anyone till Monday morning to pay the bill. Me and the babies are going to suffocate to death cause its so hot in here, how am I going to keep my date today without electricity (and prob hot water), its okay, I'll go to F16's house..... look outside, stars are brighter than this city girl has ever seen in her life, and suddenly realize that the whole neighborhood is out!! Should I call F16 and wake him up? Should I call Chels and wake her up??? Oh I know, I'll drive over to their houses, oops, how do I get the garage door open, oh oh.... well, might as well go back to sleep. Find out, its wasn't just me, WHEW!! The whole neighborhood went out. Let me add..... this is the ONLY time I have ever missed a husband!!!!!!!!!!


Kathie, if you're ever scared or something happens, just call or come over and we can figure it out between the two of us because as I stated earlier, Vetman, my hero, slept through the whole thing!!! Missed a husband??? Hahaha! So did I and mine was snoring away next to me! LOL :censored:

[homeball]

That leads to a question I have about power outages

We visited in July and as many others have said --fell in love with TV hope to be bask in February and will most likely buy since I will be retiring in August.

Does TV experience many outages during the year ? What is the usual duration of the outage if any

Do people buy back up generators ?

I work for the Utility here in NY and Outages are not that common unless there is a extended heat wave or violent winds that cause overhead wire damage. Outages are fairly short in duration so Back up generation is mostly limited to what we call "sensetive customers" Hospitals, nursing homes,etc

Thanks and Hope to join you folks soon:jester:

I can't say because we only moved down in March and live here fulltime now.

What I can tell you is that all the utility lines are underground so a LIPA style power outage wouldn't happen. This morning's outage appeared to be limited in scope, mainly toward the southern tier of The Villages and lasted about an hour. I suspect that possibly a transformer malfunctioned or a cable broke. We do have an awful lot of construction going on in this area so who knows.

I've been told by other folks who have lived here longer that the power doesn't go out very often. The last time they had a power outage of such magnitude that you might want to have a generator was in the hurricane season of 2004.

What you really want to be concerned about is the fact that this is the lightning strike capital of the world. Since last summer when we first came down, three houses here in TV have been struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The lightning show is quite impressive. I just don't like sitting so close to the stage. Otherwise, it really is a nice place to live. :welcome:

-Dave-

[swrinfla]

Kelsie:

homeball is right. I've been here 4 1/2 years and have seen maybe three outages, none longer than ten minutes, if that (none long enough to upset my VCR clock, even). Of course, the fact that power lines are all underground helps A LOT!

I was on my first visit here five years ago, just after Hurricane Frances. I stayed up near the Mulberry Grove Rec Center, never a problem. But, my brother and his neighbors on their airpark east of TV were without power for a week! I told them they ought to move "uptown!"

Lightning, yes. The last fire was close enough that several on my street immediately installed a Lightning Protection System (i.e., rods). I suppose we'll never really know whether it is working or not, but its presence eases the mind. And, it wasn't all that expensive.

SWR
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