Tag: grid watch

6:45 Wake up, check load shedding schedules at home. NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY Check load shedding schedules at work. NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY 6:55 Turn on kettle for coffee - no response. Check load shedding schedules at home. NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY No power. 9:00 Arrive at work. 9:05 Lights off. Check load shedding schedules at work. NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY Check load shedding schedules at home. NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY I have no idea why I check to see if there is power at home when I'm at work but apparently it is the done thing. Check traffic lights - off. Check sub station - smoke. 12:00 Power restored. 12:05 Notification from grid watch LOAD SHEDDING STAGE 1 SCHEDULED TO START AT 16:00 Check load shedding schedules at work. LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FROM 16:00 Check load shedding schedules at home. NO FURTHER LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY 12:30 Check prices of generators and inverters - no change same as yesterday. 16:00 Power off. 17:00 Buy pre paid electricity, in SA we do this even though we know this is like paying a prostitute in advance despite her telling us it is that time of the month. 17:30 Go home 18:00 Power off. WTF Grid watch where was my notification. Check load shedding schedules at home. LOAD SHEDDING STAGE 2 SCHEDULED FOR 18:00 LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULED FROM 18:00 18:05 Head to the nearest pub with a generator. 18:30 Notification from Grid watch. LOAD SHEDDING STAGE 2 SCHEDULED FOR 18:00 22:00 Head home tune into ENCA and the ANC reports load shedding is here to stay for another 2 years and that the $10 million they gave to Jack Warner was not a bribe, even though Eskom could have done with the money. (Without load shedding my house would be a lot more Jack Warmer.) We will keep you in the dark, that is not a reference to Ekom or SAFA but a report on Nkandla. 22:30 TURN LIGHTS OFF and go to bed. Meanwhile - in other news - SA's football's Mr Billy Balls, Danny Jordaan, has not paid for electricity in 7 years. Read this story here.

Tag: grid watch

Living with load shedding – a day in the life of an ordinary South African