When the lights go out

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For myself, I normally either light some candles and have a lengthy discussion or try and get some sleep with everyone running around in a blind panic. :P
 
Hm, when lights goes out we normally light some candles to eat at night. If there is daylight, I go out maybe take a walk with my dog and stuff like that. I love when there ain´t lights on at night, everything looks more natural and without noise, it´s wonderful!
 
We almost never have power outages around here. It's usually just the internet that goes out >_<; But usually I just call my boyfriend and we talk while I clean up my room or read or something. I've never had a power outage last longer then 30 minutes in my entire life, so they usually pass quickly. :>
 
It happens to me when I go for holidays to an Eatsern European country. The lighting strikes there are very strong and cause electric discharges. When that happens I usually go to sleep :P
 
last year we had 2 power outs, so usually light a candle and read. Or sit there thinking. Very boring. I need electricity
 
Usually I just read a book via flashlight or go call my friend and chat with her until the lights come back on. I find it very hard to go without electricity though, I love the internet and tv too much lol
 
there was a power cut in the area i live recently, as there was an explosion at one of the main sub stations. the power was out to most of my town for at least 6 hours.

during that time, me and a large group of my friends just wandered round outside talking
 
the last time there was a blackout where I live, I couldn't go out because it was pouring rain, so i got as comfortable as I could and read a book. When it got too dark to read, i called my cousin, so it wasn't too bad.
 
In my area, there was a bad windstorm in mid September. There were thousands of people with no power. It took about a week to get everyone's power restored. But we get our power back at the 24 hour mark. We spent most of our time thinking of ways to make it easier for us. Got some flashlights, cooked out on the grill, moved the rest of the food to a friends place who had electricity. I played my DS and listened to my mp3 player. We sat in the backyard talking about how long its going to take us to get the tree that fell in our yard cut up and hauled off lol. That evening, we sat around a fire....and just chilled.
 
well where im from their isnt very many power cuts so when on happes i just go to sleep ad wait for power to come bk on, whats the point in doing something with now power cause relli everything decent need power to work
 
I usually play my DS, PSP, or my music when the power goes out. If either of those 3 device have no battery life left than I rely on my laptop or take a nice nap in my dark room until the power comes back on.
 
Ive only experienced one blackout and it only lasted about 30 minutes, but I had to be told the power was back on as I switched off my lightswitch as soon as it happened.

What did I do? I watched Mock the Week by candle light with my ex and it was nice.
 
It's on with the portables for me. DS and PSP, then the Laptop, then the iPod and then the GBA-SP, and if I'm still stuck for things to do after all of that, I go to sleep if it's night, and try to hang out with friends during the day. If that option is not valid, I generally just talk with my family.
 
I remember one time during my senior year in highschool in early December. (In 2006) This ice storm came in and since it was a school night, I figured that there wasn't going to be school the next day. Well right at Midnight when I was going to asleep, the power went off. (Power line snapped somewhere) So I wasn't able to sleep. So guess what I did......since I need an electric fan for white noise, I wouldn't be able to sleep that easily. So I got out of bed and I went and took an ice scraper and started warming up my car. I got all of the ice off of the front and side windows and yes, I WENT DRIVING IN IT. I live in a romote area where there was absolutely no cars on the road and no highways. (which there wasn't) and had fun in the slippery ice and snow. I almost got stuck but it was fun. I saw somebody else got stuck and LOW AND BEHOLD! It was my Dad and his car. NO JOKE! hey, having a car of my own then was new and I needed some practice driving on ice and there you have it! lol It was great!
 
I haven't had a real power outage in... years, actually. Not since I was about 12 or 13, I'd guess. And all I did back then was turn on my reading lamp and, well, do some reading.
 
I hope I'm not bumping a thread that was meant to stay dead, but this was an interesting topic.

Well I live down here in Oxford, MS where new condos, apartments, and houses are still being built as of today (crazy i know, even when the market has gone to the crapper). Well when I purchased my house I hardly knew that my electric power lines were 20+ years old without any maintenance.. so what happens when there is the slightest lightning?

You got it. No power. So what do I do?

I light candles as if it were at the shrine of some catholic church (meaning candles all the way up the stairs and all the way around the room) It definitely is quite a scene. Also not to mention I have 5 cats and 1 dog and my girlfriend lives with me (explains the 5 cats).

I usually pick up a book and start reading or cook some scrumptious food from the refrig. Can never go wrong with Grilled Cheese with Home-aid french fries. Or do other alternatives which I think when the power goes out make for a good romantic time.
 
You guys had the luxury of having handhelds with you during your blackouts, so shucks, lucky folk.
Obviously I didn't so I'd just stare out of the second story window at the sky. In the Philippines, most blackouts were in the middle of the day if it wasn't late at night when there's a raging typhoon tearing your house apart. :gasp:
so yes, second story window 1 was always a good refuge.

People always had candles and food ready every night when a storm hit, so on reflection, it wasn't really that bad.
 
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