Rain and storm for Cpt

[WAslayer]

Getting out of bed is lawfully optional on a day like this, right? Full exemption from work etc. Just checking.

In utopia, yes.. in communist south Africa, no..

 

[air]

yah, it is fixed again(after fire damage) -> http://lognet.saeon.ac.za:8088/Dwarsberg/index.html

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Just woke up
Lourensford River is running nicely
Coupla small branches on the ground from the Oak tree, nothing to write home about.
Will chillax here and monitor how things go.
Decided not to go to office today on the jet ski, too much wind in this rain

 

[Captain Beer]

I'm not sure what you were expecting? Maybe the warning was apocalyptic, but it is a bit unseasonal to have heavy rains and strong winds in March.

One thing I wasn't expecting was a power outage. Looks like most of the Helderberg is off "currently"

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

One thing I wasn't expecting was a power outage. Looks like most of the Helderberg is off "currently"

Me too, here on the river, went off at 7am
What area are you?

 

[wingnut771]

Just woke up
Lourensford River is running nicely
Coupla small branches on the ground from the Oak tree, nothing to write home about.
Will chillax here and monitor how things go.
Decided not to go to office today on the jet ski, too much wind in this rain

but you still making pancakes?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

but you still making pancakes?

Any excuse to fire up the Weber

 

[Captain Beer]

Me too, here on the river, went off at 7am
What area are you?

The larny area near Vergelegen Spar
Apparently off as far as Macassar.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

The larny area near Vergelegen Spar
Apparently off as far as Macassar.

Electricity is still off here, I suppose one good thing is you don't see the Strand trains going past your front door then?

 

[Captain Beer]

Electricity is still off here, I suppose one good thing is you don't see the Strand trains going past your front door then?

Luckily that all ends about 2KM down the line from me. The only ones that pass through here are the diesels bringing that malty goodness from Caledon

 

[Gordon_R]

45mm+ in our gauge in Kenilworth. Wettest I can recall in a very long time...

 

[Creag]

Strand Beach Rd looks dead quiet
Too quiet

Is this Gordons Bay area?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Is this Gordons Bay area?

Next door
Strand

That link isnt always live, you need to refresh it or find a new video on the guys YouTube page. a bit of a ball ache but it is nice to see a webcam with sound

 

[oldBastard]

Electricity is still off here, I suppose one good thing is you don't see the Strand trains going past your front door then?

Goddamit I need coffee.

But I love the weather today

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Looks like the power failure is a planned scheduled maintenace, if thats the case then it will be off all day.
No use running my batteries flat on my inverter

Gonna log off and be back later

 

[Frankie23]

Looks like the power failure is a planned scheduled maintenace, if thats the case then it will be off all day.
No use running my batteries flat on my inverter

Gonna log off and be back later

Apparently it's an epic Eskom failure.

Some of the WhatsApp community groups are posting updates saying that there are reports of Eskom apparently lost their Firgrove plant. Whole of Helderberg Basin and some areas outside of Helderberg without power.

So now we wait.

 

[AchmatK]

Looks like the power failure is a planned scheduled maintenace, if thats the case then it will be off all day.
No use running my batteries flat on my inverter

Gonna log off and be back later

The outage is beyond their planned maintenance schedule for today. Eskom lost the Firgrove sub station.

 

[Gordon_R]

Looks like the power failure is a planned scheduled maintenace, if thats the case then it will be off all day.
No use running my batteries flat on my inverter

Gonna log off and be back later

FYI, planned transformer maintenance only takes place in dry weather. They would postpone work on a day like today.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

Lovely rain down here in Constantia

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Wow hectic.
Only running my ont and WiFi router on inverter. Batteries are sitting happy at 25.3 volts

Not much rain happening here. Lots of wind. Lots of spitting.

Thank goodness for the MyBB App on my phone