Power Cut

[chocolatechip]

Wow what excitment we had eh, more a less the whole of caithness out of power for 10 or 15 minutes going from Lybster to Wick to Thurso to Canisbay was there any one else?

[highland red]

The sky looked amazing with no light pollution.

[transit]

yes it the countdown to end of the world was so dark 21 december coming early

[Princess]

anyone know what caused it?

[Dadie]

We had a dip..then lights out....then back to normal....then lights out for about 10 mins (the length of time it took to find the candles) no biggie! ....still have 1 candle lit just incase!Watten

[MrChow]

Hydro says everywhere from Inverness to Orkney were affected.

[transit]

same thing happend tous although our candles wer easy to find on the mantle lol why did it happen will it happen again sky was great

[annmarie]

same in melvich just got lamps going when it came on

[transit]

any more news

[Angel]

Came out of the office to a beautiful clear sky... Lit the candles in the hoose, started up the log fire, ran the bath, opened up the wine and... it came on again... grrr.. was hoping for a night with-out tv etc... oh well...

Angel...

[donss]

heard that the darkness came to Aberdeen and along the Moray coast too....

I'm in Watten too, with the candles still going strong and a glass of whisky out, just in case.. :-)

[Connor.]

https://twitter.com/hydroPD/status/269929031330328576

North Highland from Inverness all the way to Orkney affected apparently.

Facebook rumours have it as an explosion at Bonar Bridge or even a solar flare. I'm sure there will be something official eventually.

[billykipper]

i read on the daily mail website tonight that there is a big soloar storm going on an it can cause blackouts an so on! mabey this is why?

[Fran]

Golspie AND OTHER PARTS of sutherland were cut off too. there was a warning in the paper that this would happen tonight in Britain due to something happening with the sun sending solar thingies down to earth

[billykipper]

yeah suppose to be great night to see the northern lights!

[Mystical Potato Head]

i read on the daily mail website tonight that there is a big soloar storm going on an it can cause blackouts an so on! mabey this is why?

No big solar storm going on nor have we been hit by a solar flare unless NASA's satellites missed it which they dont.Also there is no aurora tonight,at least
none at our latitude so that means nothing from the sun has hit our magnetic field.If we were hit by a huge solar flare then the power would most certaily not
been back on in 20 or so minutes

[Dadie]

Wonder if dounreay has had to call out people with the powerdips causing problems with equipment like air monitors. firealarms etc..... all esential stuff will be on back up electrical supplies!.......that kick in asap....

[donnick]

let that be a lesson till yee to know what to do when the lights go oot ...OMG where are the candles OMG WHERFE IS THE FUN oh yeh its your imagination have fun ooot there

[Mystical Potato Head]

I was miffed it came back on so quickly.The sky was awesome.Never get better views through the telescope or with the naked eye.

[Metalattakk]

Ach, 10 minutes wisna enough! Just got a candle lit and was just getting the acoustic tuned up when it all came back on again. :(

I'm A Celebrity > candle-lit acoustic guitar, according to herself. :( :(

[annemarie482]

When i Phoned the hydro last night they said they thought it was caused by an explosion at bonar bridge. They said it was the only incident showing on their equipment so they thought that must be the cause and it had likely tripped the rest off.
In fairness, they had it back on pretty quick :)
Good job as I was choking on the fumes from all my scented candles!! Lol

[outsidethebox]

well looking on twitter shows:

hydroPD ‏@hydroPD (https://twitter.com/hydroPD) #Power (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Power&src=hash) cut affecting North Highland, Inverness, Wick and Orkney all supplies restored @22 (https://twitter.com/22):07. Sincere apologies for any inconvenience...
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@hydropd (https://twitter.com/hydroPD) do you know what caused the power cut in caithness yet?
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@gailmacgregor (https://twitter.com/GailMacgregor) apologies for power loss last night, fault on main transmission line affecting 31,000 customers, sorry for any inconvenience.

[poppett]

Bayview house backup generator kicked in within seconds and their carpark lights lit my kitchen enough to make tea (gas cooker and pan). We always have candles lit as it saves the switching on and off of lights going to and from the loo and gives a welcoming glow in the hall and the illusion of heat in the living room. I felt sorry for the folks who have had the new gas central heating installed who now have no back up gas fire and when the hydro goes off they haveno heat or hot water.

Hope nobody had damaged with power surges when electricity came back on.

[chocolatechip]

Just glad everyone is back on safe & sound.

[Koi]

Bayview house backup generator kicked in within seconds and their carpark lights lit my kitchen enough to make tea (gas cooker and pan). We always have candles lit as it saves the switching on and off of lights going to and from the loo and gives a welcoming glow in the hall and the illusion of heat in the living room. I felt sorry for the folks who have had the new gas central heating installed who now have no back up gas fire and when the hydro goes off they haveno heat or hot water.

Hope nobody had damaged with power surges when electricity came back on.

We are getting our new heating system put in a couple of weeks but we've had the gas fire turned to of for the last two years. We've never used it and I wouldn't use it in a powercut either. Hate the thing. Looking forward to getting rid of it.

My son started screaming when the power went off as he is afraid of the dark. Candles easily resourced as spares are kept in the kitchen along with the matches ;)

[Bobinovich]

Glow sticks came in handy - great & quick standby plus safe & fun for kids to carry around with them :D

[picturegifts]

A Hydro Spokesman said he beileved the blackout was caused by the guerilla wing of the "Portgower Separatist Movement

[Vimto]

Wow what excitment we had eh, more a less the whole of caithness out of power for 10 or 15 minutes going from Lybster to Wick to Thurso to Canisbay was there any one else?

Dont know if anyone mentioned this but brims was out, Bonar bridge was out, orkney was out and so was evanton

[harden]

i read on the daily mail website tonight that there is a big soloar storm going on an it can cause blackouts an so on! mabey this is why?dinna give me at story u only buy the sun and dinna read past page 3 lol

[ywindythesecond]

A Hydro Spokesman said he beileved the blackout was caused by the guerilla wing of the "Portgower Separatist Movement

When my children were growing up CB radio and "handles" were the rage. Portgower was known as "Electric City" because of its new and over-the-top-street lighting. (But maybe those in charge knew something we didn't and the lighting was installed to protect the unwary from the vampires?)

[Half pint]

We had a power cut in Jamaica. Think it was world wide?