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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  I was THINKING this was the set up that I had...but NO!!!! You had better be sure you have a phone when the power goes!!! I have all these phones plugged into these wall jacks, thinking they would work but NO!!! No electricity, no computer, no phones!!! |
2 years ago after hurricane Sandy we were without power for 5 days, at that time yes my landline worked, right after that hurricane I purchased a stand by generator, if power is out for 20 seconds the generator kicks on automatically. We had our first outage 2 weeks ago. I never check my land line because I have a cell phone. The only time my cell phone did not work was Aug, 14, 2003 (the day before my birthday I had a wonderful extended BD lol) when NYC had the biggest blackout in history. I had caught the bus out of port authority, when we crossed the Jersey state line into Pa. the bus driver announced the blackout and our bus was the last bus out, lucky me. When I got off the bus I called my job, I worked for a sea food company, we had freezers that held all types of sea food, I wanted to see how they were doing. The call dropped, NYC was dead in the water, no cell phones worked. The same thing the next day, no one living in NY 5 boros could be contacted nor could anyone in NY 5 boros call out on their cell phones, my cell worked phone for anyone else I called I just could not get through to NYC. Good luck with this new phone it will be a blessing to you.