balo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Every time there is a major thunderstorm like tonight ,this area in Soi Watboon are losing power and it can take hours before we will get power back. I don't know if I'm just unlucky living in this area. My 3G phone is the only thing working here now until my battery runs out...... And its hot like hell. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Here in Naklua we seldom looses power but about 1 sec tonight, my ups for the desktop pc took care of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBKK Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 This was the leftover of taifun hainan. And a hefty one. It did hit several buildings in Jomtien.In my opinion I've seen here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 We had the same storm in Sattahip, absolutely horrific, continuous lighting and thunder for about one hour. I don't remember one like this before. Power was off for about one hour, just came back and even the internet is working. I have to say the Electric company around here are very good indeed at getting the power restored quickly in this area. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yeah it must have been a big one, i could almost feel the lightning hit just outside the condo . Power came back for about 5 minutes and now its gone again . I managed to check that my TOT line was dead , no big surprise. This could take time to fix..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobi Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Same here on the dark side. It was a huge storm with loads of thunder & lightning The dogs are terrified. The power tripoed off and on many times and just when I thought we might get away with it, it went off for good. That was over 90 mins ago and the rain and thunder are still rolling around. Thank God for ups and battery fans - not that it's that hot. All part and parcel of life in los. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Everything is back to normal here, power and internet is all I need to get back to my busy life . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) If something happens regularly in given circumstances wouldn't you be better off preparing for those circumstances? Edited November 13, 2013 by sustento Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yep...powers been out for 2-2.5 hrs here in wat sutawas area of Darkside. My iPad still has 50% so watching videos and listening to podcasts. Phone is recharging via external battery pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackman Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Not for me Middle dark side and power been off for nearly two hours Violent storm, very powerful Dog slept through it, just moaning as there is no aircon Occupied my time chasing and evicting Ung Ang from the ponds Some of you will know what I mean and why they had to go......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Bit of a gully-washer indeed. The wife came back on the motorbike and reported flooded streets somewhere in the city. Out in Non Pla Lai we had two momentary blackouts coincident with local lightning strikes but power stayed on through it all. Nothing to do with Typhoon Haiyan btw. I dodged past that one in Manila last Friday and it went ashore in north Vietnam a couple of days ago already. Today was hotter and calmer than usual today... I noted this as the wife and I walked to the noodle shop this morning so I reckoned we would get a pounding sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobi Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Still no power but 3bb Internet working using my ups to power the adsl. Not much more I can do to prepare for these storm related power cuts short of installing a standby generator and that's a bit ott - even out here. I have my battery fans, rechargeable torches, fully charged lap top and my trusty phablet with book laden kindle. What more does a Darksider need? Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 From my balcony I could see that all of Jomtien towards Sattahip was out for about 90 minutes or so, apart from the area around Jomtien Complex which had power all the time. Apart from one time when a main transformer in the street exploded, causing an outage for most of the day, this is first time in several years that I have experienced a power outage of more than a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Power back on now...can sleep in aircon comfort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobi Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yes, came back about 10 mins ago. We do get a lot of outages out here but take comfort from the fact that the power is nearly always back in an hour ..or 2..or 3.... Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I am guessing the OP shares some distribution with Walking St. That area includes some old network. Strangely my location survived last night's storms without power loss.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mamma Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 During those blackouts, i use my laptop and 2 batteries and get decent aircard speed, until the power fires up and every smoe is back online hogging bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Never lost power here in Na Jomtien, with Sattahip Electric Cooperative.... but the TV did go off for a few minutes and I thought the TG was going to go over the deep end since she could not watch her soaps......Thankfully cable was restored in a few minutes so she was entertained for the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Never lost power here in Na Jomtien, with Sattahip Electric Cooperative.... but the TV did go off for a few minutes and I thought the TG was going to go over the deep end since she could not watch her soaps......Thankfully cable was restored in a few minutes so she was entertained for the night Having to forego the pleasures of the internet in order to 'entertain' the significant other is technically classed as a 'Near Miss'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakweb Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I've lived in Florida and seen some wicked lightning storms, none of them compared to last night. Absolutely amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Here in Jomtien the power was off about 40 minutes. First time in the 4 months that I have been here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Here in Pattaya Klang no problems what so ever, power hasn't been out even for 1 second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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