First confirmed power outage of the 2007 hurricane season

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First confirmed power outage of the 2007 hurricane season

#1 Postby Jevo » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:01 pm

Good game FPL...... currently 6500 people are without power in NW Broward County.. Im one of them working from a laptop and a Verizion Wireless Aircard...... hooray for me... have my portable lanterns on and mini fans out... there is currently no estimated restoration time...... My zip is 33066 and the reason is weather related outages... yayyyyyyyyy
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#2 Postby artist » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:07 pm

wow!
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#3 Postby JonathanBelles » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:12 pm

Already??
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#4 Postby Opal storm » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:19 pm

Wow thats insane.

Take care Jevo.
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#5 Postby chadtm80 » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:23 pm

Ill think of you tonight as I crank down my AC and turn on my fan. :-)

ok ok.. Just kidding.. lol
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#6 Postby Terry » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:24 pm

LOL. I thought we'd be the first out here on Anna Maria Island since we have a horrid, thirdworld powergrid.
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#7 Postby GeneratorPower » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:25 pm

Eventually I'll convince folks to buy generators!
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#8 Postby Windtalker1 » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:33 pm

GeneratorPower wrote:Eventually I'll convince folks to buy generators!
I got one :clap:
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#9 Postby artist » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:35 pm

:boog: me too!
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#10 Postby Una » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:37 pm

Heh, you dont say..
I was without power from 2pm to 6:30pm today here in boca.
The FPL tech said water intrusion caused a transformer failure which tripped out the whole neighborhood.
All this with, at the time, 5mph winds and 1/4" of rain.
Ahh, how I cant wait for a storm with actuall winds and localized flooding. :(
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#11 Postby hurricanetrack » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:38 pm

Jevo! You gotta get a Sprint card- that could be the problem :-)

Enjoy being one of millions who will lose their power this season. :-(
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#12 Postby secretforecaster » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:46 pm

Hope you charged your laptop.
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#13 Postby 9:48 » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:13 pm

I have seen two transformer pops looking south from Coral Gables (UM campus). Magnificent specimens. A beautiful bluish-green.

It is soooooooooo hurricane season!
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#14 Postby xraymike1 » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:18 pm

Lake Worth Utilities went out this afternoon for at least two hours. There goes my servers for work.
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#15 Postby Jinkers » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:19 pm

My power only flickered today... :roll: LOL, what a start to hurricane season.
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#16 Postby leeanninfla » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:13 am

Jinkers wrote:My power only flickered today... :roll: LOL, what a start to hurricane season.


As much as I hate FPL, at least we still have our power. Of course after Wilma our entire neighborhood lost power for 3 weeks and every pole and line had to be redone. Hopefully we will keep ours all season.
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#17 Postby Jevo » Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:08 am

just got power back at 2:06am....... reason........ weather related electrical radation and rainfall......... was a great test run to the inevitable 10 day outage im sure ill suffer this season... all battery powered lanterns,glowsticks, and hand crank radios worked great... spent 4 hours playing Monopoly and quarters with the wife
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#18 Postby Regit » Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:06 am

Sounds about par for the course for good old Florida Flick and Flash.
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#19 Postby DanKellFla » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:54 am

Careful with that game of quaters Jevo. You could become part of a post storm baby boom. :)
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#20 Postby hiflyer » Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:35 am

hehehehe....wonder if watkins got it also...grin. Fine out here in Weston. However..was out over by Commercial and the beach at 8pm and it was about as bad driving as I have ever seen it....major ponding on I95 even though it is elevated....
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