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Old 01-04-2018, 04:57 PM
 
Location: -"`-._,-'"`-._, ☀ Sunny Florida ☀ ,-"`-._,-'"`-.
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took 8 hrs to get it back - I called TECO and they said a lot of different areas in the TB area was affected - makes you appreciate elect - actually had to read a book to kill time (no TV, internet)....
How unfortunate you were one of the 700 TECO reported was without power. When our power has gone out I just fire up mobile data on my cell phone, connect my laptop to it and access to everything once again.
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Old 01-04-2018, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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Oh for EFF's sake, are you kidding me? TECO IS THE WORST, I tell you. THE WORST.

Let me prepare myself right now for an outage.
I feel for you and what you went through during IRMA ....
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Old 01-04-2018, 06:40 PM
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I feel for you and what you went through during IRMA ....
Short price to pay.
It blows my mind how someone can complain about something thats so petty compared to what it could really be like IMO.
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Old 01-04-2018, 10:48 PM
 
Location: Florida Suncoast
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took 8 hrs to get it back - I called TECO and they said a lot of different areas in the TB area was affected - makes you appreciate elect - actually had to read a book to kill time (no TV, internet)....
That’s another reason to have an automatic whole house electric generator! Not just for storms, but also for those random, pesky electric service outages.
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:47 AM
 
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But not for long mind.Give me a cloudless sky,a golden beach and a cold brewski any day.
The rest of the year I play with fire and wood on my smokers and charcoal grills.
The smell of blue smoke outside always puts a smile on my face.!!
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Old 01-05-2018, 08:36 AM
 
Location: South Tampa, Maui, Paris
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Short price to pay.
It blows my mind how someone can complain about something thats so petty compared to what it could really be like IMO.
It blows my mind how someone can dismiss utter incompetence by their utilities. There are Third World countries with better electric infrastructure and service than what TECO provides. I guess we are in the Fourth World here in Tampa.
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Old 01-05-2018, 09:12 AM
 
Location: -"`-._,-'"`-._, ☀ Sunny Florida ☀ ,-"`-._,-'"`-.
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It blows my mind how someone can dismiss utter incompetence by their utilities. There are Third World countries with better electric infrastructure and service than what TECO provides. I guess we are in the Fourth World here in Tampa.
No complaints with TECO here. A couple of flickers now and then. Only recall one short term outage in 2 years that I've live here. Not bad considering the storms that blow through here. No outage with Irma. Had much worse experience in IL.
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Old 01-05-2018, 09:48 AM
 
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It blows my mind how someone can dismiss utter incompetence by their utilities. There are Third World countries with better electric infrastructure and service than what TECO provides. I guess we are in the Fourth World here in Tampa.
Like Puerto Rico?
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Old 01-05-2018, 10:11 AM
 
Location: South Tampa, Maui, Paris
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Like Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico is in a world of its own, no thanks to Trump.
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Old 01-05-2018, 12:46 PM
 
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Puerto Rico is in a world of its own, no thanks to Trump.
Sorry, long before Trump was in office, I'm quite sure.
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