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When I lived in the country, about once a month. Anything from a flicker that would restart everything to 12-24 hours with no power. A wood stove and a small generator took care of the important stuff. Now that I'm in town, we've had 3 in 3 years. The most recent was Thursday, 7 in the morning until 2 the next morning. It was a huge windstorm that dropped about 100 trees across power lines.
All the time! We have an antediluvian power generating system, pay the highest rates per KW under the American flag, and it would be a good month here with only three outages ...
Only in extreme weather, such as a hurricane or tropical storm. Now that most power lines are under ground, it isn't near the problem that it used to be.
Here in the Portland-Metro area, seldom. And when it does happen it's usually in winter and ~ of course! ~ during ice storms when people need heat the most. I absolutely hate black-outs.
I live in a rural area. We have them occasionally, especially during storms. Worst one was a few years ago when an ice storm caused many tree limbs to call on power lines. Took a few days to get power restored and it involved several service areas.
- Do blackouts usually happen where you live? Here in my country, blackouts happen about 3 times a month and this really annoys us
No. In the United States, three blackouts a month would be considered extremely frequent.
The power goes out maybe once a year for an hour or so here in Southern California which is served by Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric. Usually the power goes out due to a car crashing into a power pole or something.
- Do blackouts usually happen where you live? Here in my country, blackouts happen about 3 times a month and this really annoys us
My gal is from the Philippines, and it does happen there. It was worse when she was right in the city. It would drive me nuts too. I wish solar power were a cheap option for people worldwide.
Yeah storms can cause them here for sure, I had that happen from an ice storm one year.
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