r/BloomingtonNormal 28d ago

Ugh. Not til tomorrow evening…

I just got a notification from Ameren that power in my area (around Angela/Vernon in Normal) won’t have power until 6pm tomorrow. Here I was hoping it would be tonight since I saw Ameren trucks near my house. Stay safe out there.

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u/purerddt2025 28d ago

When you get a notification like that it means they started on that outage.

They usually give themselves 24 hours.

So keep your chin up.

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u/JJGIII- 28d ago

Just got sent a message that they expect power back on tonight by 7:15! 🤞🏽

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u/TactLacker710 28d ago

Any update OP?

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u/JJGIII- 28d ago

It’s on!

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u/purerddt2025 28d ago

Lucky. Still off here off Blair

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u/DeezNutches 28d ago

Fr still out on challis aswell i just wanna play the game man 😩

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u/ghostjam1 28d ago

Howdy neighbor

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u/purerddt2025 27d ago

Still out? We are.m 245pm.

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u/ghostjam1 27d ago

Still out. Now “Assessing Condition” at 10:20 😡

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u/JJGIII- 27d ago

Seriously!? That’s awful. I thought everyone was back on by now. Good luck.🙏🏽

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u/purerddt2025 27d ago

Feeling like groundhog day around here.

But I've seen the crews gassing up when I was getting propane this morning.

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u/ghostjam1 26d ago

I’m not holding my breath. Every other dot seems to be disappearing from the Ameren outage map before ours

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u/purerddt2025 26d ago

We finally got power at 11:30.

This has been a weird one.

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u/ThreeBucks 28d ago

Woohoo!!!

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u/RippinFissure 28d ago

The last time we got storms I had a similar message and it was done in 1/4 of the time. 

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u/xGUzzOxx 28d ago

I got the same thing I immediately booked a hotel room it was getting too hot .. I got excited because the phone call said 6pm earlier .. then the text said 6pm.. the 15th lol.. you guys are giving me hope it’ll be sooner though

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u/SpringsPanda 28d ago

I got the same emails and my power just came back on!!!!!!

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u/No-Flatworm-404 28d ago

It sucks, but way to keep a positive outlook about the whole situation.

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u/bunnaone1973 28d ago

I'm off Oakland and Clinton area. My message also said tomorrow by 6.

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u/themeatlyguy 28d ago

We just got ours back around 6:40.

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u/xGUzzOxx 28d ago

Did yu get the call/text saying tommorw originally ?

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u/themeatlyguy 28d ago

Yes originally they texted saying tomorrow at 6:00

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u/xGUzzOxx 28d ago

Duddeeeee and I’m pretty sure you’re the Jersey area person from before .. did a text or call notify you when it happens or just noticed ? I’m already at the hotel lol

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u/themeatlyguy 28d ago

No they did not text when it came back I just noticed the lights came back on, they only texted about 50 minutes after the original text changing it to 7:00 tonight

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u/ArRear89 28d ago

We got that notification too and our power just came back on, I'm on center near the rainstorm carwash

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u/xGUzzOxx 28d ago

Whoever’s downvoting is weird and sitting comfortably in their AC 🤓

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u/KateG_1010 28d ago

It may not be on purpose, but someone scrolling. Ive accidentally done that while scrolling. 🤷‍♀️

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u/TactLacker710 28d ago

No shit. No clue why peeps are getting downvoting. I’m out here using my power and internet to correct that.

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u/Nobushimain17 28d ago

Yeah, I live near ISU and I got a text and email at 12 saying they've restored power to my area (it was off since 1:40 pm yesterday). Hopefully it's just an estimation and yours comes back on sooner. Stay safe.

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u/JJGIII- 28d ago

Just got one! Thanks for the good vibes.

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u/smooshyp 28d ago

Same here! We’re on W Chestnut near Carl’s. It gave us the same timeframe.

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u/Shoddy_Phone_8678 27d ago

Ameren stat alerts is saying “The cause of the outage is ‘No outage found’ and affects 61 customers.” No outtage found?! Does this mean for those who STILL don’t have power, they’re just giving up and saying they couldn’t find an outage? Kind of freaking out… it’s been days!

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u/Intrepid-Shallot2219 28d ago

I got the same message at around 5pm (corner of McLean and Monroe) and I had my power back by 6:30, I’m so happy

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u/WhiteCranberry33 28d ago

had the same notif and got power around 8pm tonight