Rolling Blackouts: Thursday 14 May 2015 [Stage 2 from 5-10pm]

[MrR]

And just earlier today they (Eskom) announced that they will not schedule any loadshedding. They've proven beyond a reasonable doubt that we should not trust a word that they are saying. Can they, for once, prove us wrong?

Oh well, what's the point of complaining...

 

[ebendl]

Yay! No loadshedding for me unless Stage 3B.

I hate you.

The way Tshwane's stupid unfair system works basically guarantees that I will be load shed every day there is loadshedding.

 

[TheGrove]

I only get hit if it goes to stage 2... can do without loadshedding for one day.

 

[satanboy]

I only get hit if it goes to stage 2... can do without loadshedding for one day.

same here

 

[Pitbull]

Yay! No loadshedding for me unless Stage 3B.

Me too, I'm only affected on Stage 3 between 20:00 and 22:00.

Stage 2 is 12:00 to 14:00 then I'm at work. Over weekends we have the generator so it's cool.

 

[ebendl]

Where do you guys stay to get so little? I'm either going to have to buy a generator or move.

 

[cavedog]

Stage 2 incoming 17:00

 

[TheGrove]

Stage 2 incoming 17:00

You lie

 

[savage]

You lie

Unfortunately, not

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Yay! Just confirmed by eishkom!

Heh? You're only affected when it hits 3a or higher. Are you drunk?

 

[biometrics]

same here

*cough*

I'm missing it today unless we go to stage 3

 

[biometrics]

Where do you guys stay to get so little? I'm either going to have to buy a generator or move.

Cape Town is 2-2.5 hours at a time.

 

[TheGrove]

Unfortunately, not

V** won't make it home in time to cook..... and they seem to be getting sloppy with switching things back on, meant to be 20:30 but only comes back at 21:30...

 

[Dan C]

Stage 2 incoming 17:00

stage 1 and 2 the same for us.

 

[MickeyD]

Was switched off from 4-5pm in Stage 1.

Double whammy incoming ... off from 8pm in Stage 2.

Am not amused.

 

[schumi]

This will be 5 days in a row of loadshedding for me they moved it to stage 2 just in time.

 

[BigEars]

Can you believe the latest on Twitter from ESKOM...check the last post last....

 

[akescpt]

Heh? You're only affected when it hits 3a or higher. Are you drunk?

It's still early. Give it time

 

[ebendl]

Cape Town is 2-2.5 hours at a time.

Yeah and you guys use a rotating schedule. Tshwane has a fixed schedule so basically I am screwed. My schedule:
Stage 1: 16:00-18:30 Mo, We, Fr, Su
Stage 2: 16:00-18:30 all days
Stage 3: 8:00 - 10:30 and 16:00-18:30

So what happens:
Eskom decides 15:00 to start stage 1. 50% I might get load shed, depending on the day.
A bit later they almost always decide to go stage 2: I am load shed.

So it doesn't matter what day it is, I always get load shed.

Other colleagues/friends of mine in Tshwane has a morning slot for stage 1 & 2, so never get load shedding except for stage 3 which seldom happens.

I actually wish for stage three in the evenings just so that more people feel it - makes no difference to me!!

 

[satanboy]

*cough*

I'm missing it today unless we go to stage 3

Stage 2

8pm-10:10pm