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No power, No TV
Well I’ve had a lost 14 hours or so with a looong power cut in West Auckland. Most of the mainstream media doesn’t seem to have noticed our plight out west. The radio and NZ Herald just seem to say that most of the power outages in Auckland have been on the North Shore. Is this because most Auckland news journos live on the North Shore or Waiheke? Except I heard a bit of a talk back session with 2 women on Radio Live that had a lot of Westies ringing in saying they had had no power for several hours.
The worst thing was that I was hoping to get power in time to record Battlestar Galactica, but without luck. I’ve seen this series but want a legal copy of it. At least there was only one prog I missed that I wanted to see. Glad it wasn’t tonight because Primeval starts.
The power first went in my area around 3pm yesterday. Was working on my PC, but most of the document was recovered when it came back on within half an hour. Then the power went out again around 4,30pm. Was heading for sanctuary in Auckland, as a friend said they had power, but I gave up as the weather seemed to wild to travel far. Hung out in a mall for a while cause it was cold at home. Went home. Local shops still without power. Wrapped us warm, then put on some socks and went to bed, hoping the roof wasn’t going to blow off. I have bad memories of a hail storm in Sydney when my ceiling sprung leaks.
Every so often the power came on, with me thinking it was back for good. But each time my pc hadn’t finished checking its drives before the power went again. Eventually I unplugged my PC. Power and lights came back on around 2-3am, then went again a couple of times, but was on when I finally woke this morning.
Fingers crossed it stays on. Primeval tonight! And message to the MSM... there is still life out West!
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campgrrls
I think the main areas hit in the west of Auckland were Avondale, New Lynn, Titirangi, Green Bay and Glen Eden. But on Radio Liv on Tuesday night, at least one person in Henderson said they'de been without power since some time in the afternoon, just like me.
Oh, and I missed the finale of House I think.
Alaina Roar
Both my family and I live in Henderson, and neither of our houses experienced a power cut. I'm so thankful!
A woman I work with had a power outage for around that same length of time. That was in New Lynn.
Rachel
My family in Henderson were about the only ones who didn't get a power cut that I know.. maybe it was a small pocket of people affected?
Thanks.. hopefully the insurance inspector comes around soon, but I'm guessing they're going to be extremely busy for a while.
campgrrls
Yeah, it was a bit too long for my liking. And that makes it strange that the MSM didn't mention West Auckland's power cuts as they started pretty early on Tuesday pm compared with other parts of Auckland. The length of the cut also meant it took a while yesterday to get my place warmed up again.
At least I didn't suffer any damage tho. Hope your fence gets fixed soon.
Rachel
14 hours? Wow, I thought our 6 hour one yesterday was bad. Let me know what you think of Primeval, I keep hearing good things about it and wished I'd set it to record tonight before I got home
We're now dealing with the insurance over our fence which has fallen down and broken in the storm...