# If you have a power outage, don't assume that someone else has contacted the utilities

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**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-power-outage-dont-assume-that-someone-else-has-contacted-the-utilities/918038 "2020-08-14T00:59:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-power-outage-dont-assume-that-someone-else-has-contacted-the-utilities/918038/2 "2020-08-14T01:03:05Z")

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FYI, I opened a [thread/topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-power-outages/917336) last week to ask if people called to report outages.

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