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June 14, 2007
Low Power
A couple of days ago we had low power for about four hours. It happens now and again, and what exactly causes it, I don't know. We don't fully lose power, but there isn't enough for stuff to work. If you turn a light on, it glows a dim orange. If you turn a fan on, it spins very slowly.
I never experienced this in the United States. It seemed like there, if your power goes out, it goes out completely. If the power is on, it's on all the way. Here in Mexico, we can lose some or all of our power.
At one point during the dimness, Charles called for some reason, and Shawn told him about it. He called the CFE for us and they told him that there had been four other reports of the problem made from our neighborhood, Chapalita. Yet in our apartment building, it was only affecting the people upstairs. The people downstairs had full power, just like normal.
Posted by crispy at June 14, 2007 10:27 AM
Comments
Maybe you should call the Electric Company:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r7m3qqMmqZY
Posted by: Jon at June 14, 2007 04:37 PM