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    AA> Currently experiencing another power outtage. Laptop is OFF to conserve   
    AA> the measely 4hr batt. Meanwhile, the BlackBerry runs longer for this type   
    AA> of thing. Power went out pretty much right at 2pm. It is now 4pm. Estimate   
    AA> for repair is 5:15pm but crews are still not on site.   
      
    You're fortunate that you have predictions that are so specific and that have   
   a good chance of being on time.   
      
   I live in what is essentially a small fishing village. We have fairly regular   
   water and electricity outages. repairs to the electricity has gotten a lot   
   better, but water outages are a lot more ... random.   
      
   This puzzled me for about the first six months that I lived here, until one of   
   the local guys that I had befriended took the time to explain it.    
   it turns out that the water system has a main poi t where the pumps etc are   
   and this place is locked. There is one local guy with a key. most often the   
   problem is simply to go and ip a switch because a breaker has tripped or   
   something similar. The problem is that the one guy with a key is often   
   difficult to get ahold of because he is  either drinking (you have to find   
   him), passed out drunk (he's been found literally in a ditch between the bar   
   and his home) or he's out to see fishing, so might take six or more hours   
   before he's back on shore.   
      
   JD   
      
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