Jan 23 2010

Power cut hit large parts of A…

Category: TweetsChrisM @ 6:51 pm

Power cut hit large parts of Astana.Never seen 1 this wide spread b4!Street lights&all buildings I can c r effected.Chance to check the UPS.

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16 Responses to “Power cut hit large parts of A…”

  1. Karen Moser says:

    Oh my!. Stay safe.

  2. Bill says:

    Yeah, the only buildings with electricity are the ones with standby generators.Very srange!

  3. And Anstyndy Ansty says:

    I would be interested when power returns, as my partner is in Astana. Many thanks Chris

  4. ChrisM says:

    @Bill – Chubary seemed OK throughout, but it went as far as Highville to the South. I’m not sure about the old area of the city.

    @AAA – We’ve just (five minutes or so) come back on here, near the river. Some areas were back on a good 20/30 minutes before us. If there is anything I can do for you from this end, to reassure you/help your partner, let me know.

    If you don’t mind me asking you two, are you regular visitors to this site, or did you find it due to the power cut? No problem if you’d rather not say.

  5. ChrisM says:

    Haven’t found anything online about it yet. Not too surprising really.
    @AAA Are you by any chance someone who was looking for a job (and had a good interview recently)? Just wondering if I had figured out who you were from your vocab 🙂

  6. Andy Ansty says:

    Thank’s Chris. Found you by chance, and so pleased. My other half is on Boganbyr Avenue. ( not sure of spelling ) North of the city. Always looking for a new job !!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for your reply. Took me by suprise. Cheers Andy

  7. ChrisM says:

    @Andy – I should have checked your e-mail address, I thought you might be an American who follows me on Twitter (checked the referring URL). Hmm, also the big UK flag on this blog (from your IP address) was also a clue. Not even had a drink yet! np btw.

  8. ChrisM says:

    @Andy – oh also, re your old question about driving over here etc., check out the Kazakhstan 101 page on this site for links to a few short articles I wrote on that and other basics of living in Astana.

  9. Karen says:

    Oh my!. Stay safe.

  10. Bill says:

    Chris, found by chance when I Googled looking for info on the power cut!

  11. Chris Merriman says:

    Thanks, but all was fine in the end. Power cuts used to be a fairly regular occurrence in this city, though much improved the last couple of years. It was just so strange to see ALL the lights everywhere off. No looters 🙂

  12. ChrisM says:

    @Bill Thanks for letting me know.

    @Karen, sorry I didn’t notice your comment get imported from facebook. All was ok in the end 🙂

  13. Chris says:

    Thanks, but all was fine in the end. Power cuts used to be a fairly regular occurrence in this city, though much improved the last couple of years. It was just so strange to see ALL the lights everywhere off. No looters 🙂

  14. Oleg Frantsuzov says:

    I understand you use Twitter to stay in touch with friends, not out of its coolness.

    However, probably you’ll like juick.com, a Jabber-enabled micro-blogging service. You use a Jabber account (Gmail chat will do) to post and comment.

    What I like about Juick is that it doesn’t force u 2 cram msgs into 160 chrs.

  15. ChrisM says:

    140 btw. You’re probably thinking of SMS that don’t contain any unusual characters when you say 160.
    Thanks for the heads up on the alternative service, and also for your Google Reader suggestions – I enjoy the ones in English, and try to read the Russian ones (__very__ slowly) 🙂

  16. Oleg Frantsuzov says:

    My shared items on Google Reader are mostly posts that I find amusing. Not something one would describe as really useful.

    My name on Juick is @helgi. The community is mostly Russian-speaking, but has really good attitude towards the few English-speaking users present there.