Rolling Blackouts: Thursday 16 July [Stage 1 from 5-10pm]

[cavedog]

High chance of loadshedding today...

They already updated powertime.co.za to indicate loadshedding from 8am to 10pm.

 

[MickeyD]

 

[Johnatan56]

This is insane, I hope it stops before I get back end of month. So nice not having to deal with load shedding.

 

[UserZ]

Stage 2 after 5pm again? Getting out of Sandton going to be rough again:

(Sandton-WEST) Stage 2: 16:00 - 20:30

 

[Hemi300c]

They break everything they have. cANCer is killing this country.

 

[Iamnotageek]

Can you still flush the toilet when the power is out?

 

[Ockie]

Can you still flush the toilet when the power is out?

I hate it when the power goes out and you want to make coffee ... and then you have a brain wave "Ah.....Ill make it in the microwave!" and then a second later you are like "Awwwww dammit! "

 

[MickeyD]

I hate it when the power goes out and you want to make coffee ... and then you have a brain wave "Ah.....Ill make it in the microwave!" and then a second later you are like "Awwwww dammit! "

psssst.... gas stove!

 

[Ockie]

psssst.... gas stove!

Ja ... must actually look at just getting one of those small two plate ones. At least then you can make something to eat also.

 

[Devo1]

Last night was the worst for us, ever!

With the new slots there was a 18h00 slot added to our town.
Picked up the wife from work and got home at 17h45.

Had a quick look on eskom and gridwatch and see there are no new notifications and they are still shedding in Stage 1 (we fell in the 18H00 slot in Stage 2).

Peeled some potatoes and defrosted some meat. Potatoes on the stove, grab a beer and my phone and the next moment everything goes off.

17H55 eskom announces a move to stage 2.

Guess who did not eat?

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

grab a beer
17H55 eskom announces a move to stage 2.

Guess who did not eat?

Your wife?

 

[Iamnotageek]

Yea, I saw I was on 18h00 for Stage 2... KNEW the naaiers would go to Stage 2.

So just took a nap.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Ja ... must actually look at just getting one of those small two plate ones. At least then you can make something to eat also.

Get a Bushbaby single plate one from Checkers Hyper. R170

Gas canisters are R20

We use it when camping.

 

[Azure 12]

Stage 1 from 17:00

 

[MickeyD]

Stage 1 from 17:00

Confirmed.

 

[Dan C]

ah well, just an hour for me.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

By a cat's whisker. I would have been hit from 1400 to 1630.

 

[heartbroken]

ah well, just an hour for me.

Ditto - going to take a nap

 

[MickZA]

Reckon I can live with 21:00-23:30 as long as they suspend load shedding by 22:00.

 

[bwana]

Reckon I can live with 21:00-23:30 as long as they suspend load shedding by 22:00.

With luck they'll show us mercy.