Thread: Big storm and no power in SA

We got that weather yesterday,I was up in Perth for the day.Rained all the way up and all the way home.Some nasty stuff in the city.
Mick Marsh is always saying send it over here.
Becarefull what you wish for
A cold dark nite in the motel tonite Mick
Andrew

Well it's been fun tonight, phones, TV and internet are flickering in and out but our house is warm and well lit. I spent this afternoon rigging up an old lawnmower motor and car alternator to keep the house backup battery charged, but the carby's stuffed. So I wheeled up the ol V8 RRute and ran jumper leads to the house battery. It'll run for a couple of hours to top up the battery for the night. The missus made dinner on the gas stove while I looked after the leccy toys.

Oh and Homestar

...so they rely entirely on renewables and the Vic/SA interconnecter.

is BS because the State still has enough gas generation to run the system without any help, so long as a 1 in 50 year storm doesn't knock out critical infrastructure at Port Augusta.

SA weather: Power 'gradually' returning after blackout plunged state into darkness - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The system is slowly coming back on line, I expect to wake up at some stage when various downstairs lights come on, because the the 2 way switches aren't all marked...

Was half way through cooking a roast...bugger..had to finish it in the bbq, eat by candlelight and do dishes by Kero-Hurricane lantern....power just came back on, yay.

Originally Posted by Gordie

Was half way through cooking a roast...bugger..had to finish it in the bbq, eat by candlelight and do dishes by Kero-Hurricane lantern....power just came back on, yay.

Not in blair athol yet. Bugger. I got my inverter set up with cpap machine. I wonder how long the battery will go for? Spose ill find out if the lights dont come back on

Cheers Rod

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The power just came back on here, the workshop lit up like a Christmas tree.

I hope yours is back on soon, Rod. Adelaide looks normally lit up from up the slopes of Mt Lofty.

Edit: the damage to the electricity system:



22 towers destroyed at last count, more wind coming tomorrow morning, early.

Still darkness here. Charged the phone in the camper and cooked on the BBQ.
Ate dinner whilst watching a movie on the MBP

If you had a real phone it wouldn't need charging every 12 hrs .

Keep your heads down, more coming.

'Serious questions' raised after entire state left in darkness