An 'ECUADOR EMERGENCY' COMMUNICATION: Greetings, fellow Ecuador citizens and residents. Regarding the #ECUADOR #NationWide 8 hr scheduled blackout from 10pm to 06am coming our way in 48 hours this Wednesday night 18SEP24-

🔌 (and for subsequent blackouts to follow)💡 if you or your Apt Building don’t have an electric generator available, then here are a few things to consider to lessen the impact:

A.- Make sure to gas up your car and charge up all your electronic devices before 18:00 for next morning. ⛽️
B.- Also freeze up a few water bottles, and put them in the fridge, (at least two in each shelf}, to keep it cold. And don’t keep opening the fridge door to look at what’s inside.

C.- If your kitchen is all electric, you might want to get a small gas stove to heat stuff up.
D.- Security-wise, be on the alert as some criminals might take🥷🏻 advantage that the alarms and electric fences will not be operational. E.- Test and make sure that your flash lights have fresh working batteries.🔦🪫🔋

Also It is highly recommended to take all necessary security measures for your safety and of your family and also of your business premises.

1.- Stay inside your houses with all the security measures in place, do not leave anything outside that brings attention and is within reach of thieves.
2.- Probably there will be no digital cell communications as the repeater antennas will be inoperative.📲
3.- Keep your cell phone fully charged so that the flashlight will work if you do not have a dedicated flashlight.📱
4.- Have flashlights with fresh batteries, candles and matches, in case you need them inside the house,🔦

5.- Businesses have to set up all possible security measures also.📏
6.- Everyone should have alarm whistles, for emergencies, and blow the whistle repeatedly and the neighbors should do the same, since the regular alarms will not be working.🎺
7.- If you hear strange noises and movements, make noise, beep, whistle and use your cell phones to record a video, as there will be no cameras.📹

8.- Have your house keys on hand ready for any emergency, so you can lock/open the doors, (including in case of an earthquake.)🔑🗝
9.- Disconnect all the electrical appliances you can, to avoid damage when the power surge comes back on.
10.- Do not open the door of the refrigerator unncesssarily, to maintan the cold temperature and avoid damaging the food.🥩🦪🍤

11.- Stay calm and make the most appropriate decisions in case of an emergency situation.
12.- Everything you can set up for security and safety in each home is important and necessary. Talk to your neighbors to help each other out and have a plan. 🏡🏘🏠🛖
13.- Have fully charged fire extinguishers handy in case some of your family or neighbors have an accident with matches candles, gas stoves etc etc

14.- If your vehicle has an alarm, you can activate it with your key fob in case of an emergency.
Have the remote control handy.🚗

15.- Check that everything is ok when it is daytime the morning of THU 19SEPT and the power comes back on. 🔌 Then wait for half an hour or thereabouts, and then reconnect the electrical appliances only after once the power supply has stabilized, 📊

📈since voltage variations can fluctuate wildly when the power returns after a long outage such as this, 📉that can affect your sensitive electronics and fuse panel, as they can be blown out by the surge. ⚡️(not the purge:)🦹🏻‍♂️

16.- "The Government has declared A 'STATE OF EXCEPTION (#ToqueDeQueda) a nationwide blackout on Wednesday night 22:00pm until Thursday morning 06:00am,

(So Stay home and off of the Streets) as announced by the Minister of the Interior, Monica Palencia. More than 70 thousand uniformed services personnel will be mobilized." More details ▶️ https://bit.ly/3TwJtW5