tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857497244999698317.post748165670932192072..comments2023-07-04T10:43:27.746-04:00Comments on Flowers and more: Nearly 24 hours! Blackout IpanemaGingerVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501023251788210094noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857497244999698317.post-27237388896136742672009-11-27T17:18:29.044-04:002009-11-27T17:18:29.044-04:00Black outs are terrible. We had a few, luckily jus...Black outs are terrible. We had a few, luckily just for cople of hours. We need electricity for everything.<br /><br />Throwing out spoilt food is terrible.Once my friend went away and came back to find out they had a blackout.<br /><br />Did you celebrate Thanksgiving? We don't.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857497244999698317.post-82926766251298170472009-11-27T06:31:19.416-04:002009-11-27T06:31:19.416-04:00We had a blackout too this week after a furious st...We had a blackout too this week after a furious storm ..but only for an hour ...we lose power perhaps every six or seven years for an hour or two at most.Sarah Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884012730205363096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857497244999698317.post-58964315759639450352009-11-25T21:25:12.625-04:002009-11-25T21:25:12.625-04:00I see I have arrived in the darkness. Better in th...I see I have arrived in the darkness. Better in the dark than not at all. Thinking of you this Thanksgiving. Hope you get your lights back on.<br /><br />Take care, friend. I miss all you gals and guys and all the fun we used to have. Perhaps things will get back to normal. In the meantime, you are in my thoughts.aurbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234712574405718245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857497244999698317.post-54199147510405115342009-11-25T05:30:43.534-04:002009-11-25T05:30:43.534-04:00Dear Shabby Girl,
You must be lucky to li...Dear Shabby Girl, <br /><br /><br /> You must be lucky to live in a part of the US that doesn't loose power often.<br /> We have lived in Florida and we always lost power during storms, both in Tampa and Miami.<br /> Now we live in New England and we see problems with loosing power all the day, either because of powerful wind storms during the Summer or Ice and Freezing Rain during the winter, we always loose power around here.<br /> Last year a small town just north of Boston lost power for 3 weeks in a roll in the middle of the winter, people had to be rescued from their homes and taken to shelters with heating.<br /> I guess Rio just becames news all over the world, when here it is only in the local news.Ray Adkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956436835497979546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857497244999698317.post-79077485179689111612009-11-24T17:44:56.477-04:002009-11-24T17:44:56.477-04:00we weren't om Rop at the first of November whe...we weren't om Rop at the first of November when the country wide blackout happened, otherwise it has never happened to us in Rio. The electricty in Friburgo comes through the forest so is to be expected. now we know - now we prepareGingerVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501023251788210094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857497244999698317.post-27288984926651572912009-11-24T17:34:45.385-04:002009-11-24T17:34:45.385-04:00That must be difficult for you, and frustrating to...That must be difficult for you, and frustrating to have it happen so often. Especially coming from the states where it doesn't happen very often at all.shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991126161405336712noreply@blogger.com