THE ELECTRICITY THREAD.

[milagros317]

Since we are now on daylight savings time you don't use electricity by having to turn on light earlier in the evening.

But, depending on when you get out of bed, you might need to turn on the lights during breakfast. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

I am going to save some electricity by turning off my computer and going to bed.

 

[milagros317]

My electric bill is too high. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

I am going to save some electricity by turning off my computer and going to bed.

 

[milagros317]

My electric bill is still too high. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

People in this area have lost their electricity due to the high winds.

 

[milagros317]

People in this area have lost their electricity due to the high winds.

No loss of power here (yet) in spite of high wind. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

No loss of power here (yet) in spite of high wind. 😀

^Your electricity is underground where falling tree limbs are not likely to cause an outage.^

 

[milagros317]

^Your electricity is underground where falling tree limbs are not likely to cause an outage.^

Very true. The last major power outage here was due to flooding (from a hurricane) which did affect the underground cables. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

A lot of people lost their electricity around here in the storms we had.

 

[milagros317]

A lot of people lost their electricity around here in the storms we had.

It happened to people in New Jersey not far from here, too. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

We have been using a lot of electricity for air conditioning nowadays.

 

[milagros317]

My cellphone is currently being recharged. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

Being in the shortest days of the year we have to turn our lights on early which uses more electricity.

 

[milagros317]

Being in the shortest days of the year we have to turn our lights on early which uses more electricity.

Very true. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

We had some bad storms around here on Sunday night and many people lost their electricity.

 

[Crazy Wabbit]

My electricity is through American Electric Power.

 

[milagros317]

Con Edison charges us outrageously high rates here. 🙁

 

[Yote]

My neighborhood uses underground power lines.

 

[Crazy Wabbit]

For every 1,000 volts of electricity, it will arc an inch.

 

[milagros317]

Back in 2003, we had a massive blackout here. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

With the air conditioners running almost constantly my electric bill is going to be higher this month.

 

[milagros317]

With the air conditioners running almost constantly my electric bill is going to be higher this month.

Same for me. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

I heard there was a blackout in downtown Manhattan in NYC yesterday.

 

[Mitchell]

True.

People I know in Manhattan said that the blackout extended from about the Times Square area, to 72nd Street.

WABC TV in NY, which is near Lincoln Center, in the West 60s, stated they were running on backup generators.