The power's out. I found my way to the torches by phone light (there's nothing it can't do!) and have now lit candles.
Anyone got any nice power outage stories?
Anyone got any nice power outage stories?
Power outage
- Thread starter F. King Daniel
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You have to love modern technology - not even a power cut stops people posting on the BBS these days!
I was once without power for 2 weeks due to an ice storm. It was very inconvenient, to say the least.
I would definitely stop me.
Luckily, winter has not reached that point yet. Sure, it's in the single digits, and we had a mini blizzard over the weekend, but it's still pretty lame as far as typical winters go. We haven't even had an Ice Storm yet!
Our power went out one day and I waited and waited for it to come back on. After about 4 hours it started to get dark outside. I looked out and saw that all the other houses in the street had their lights on. I phoned the power company and they came around within half an hour. It seems that a couple of kids in the street had been hitting on of the street's light poles with their cricket bats and that some fuses were located in this pole. The boys had managed to knock the fuse to my house out and mine alone. Since then I always check to see if my neighbours have also lost their power.
^Something similar happened when I was little. The power went, and about an hour later we not only realized that the other houses still had power, but upstairs did too
. Something had fallen down and knocked one of the trip switches, which just had to be clicked back.
As for last night, the power came on again just over an hour later. I would have posted more, but I didn't bother to recharge my phone yesterday, it was about to die, and I decided the light it gave me was more important than chatting online.
. Something had fallen down and knocked one of the trip switches, which just had to be clicked back.As for last night, the power came on again just over an hour later. I would have posted more, but I didn't bother to recharge my phone yesterday, it was about to die, and I decided the light it gave me was more important than chatting online
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This past February, we had over 12 inches of heavy, wet snow. We lost power on Thursday night and it didn't come back until Monday night.
On Friday we went to my mother in law's house. By Sunday I would have preferred to have been in my 40 degree house.
As usual, our side of the street and the side of the street behind us were the last ones to have our power restored. I lost no food in either refrigerator though. I had 60 pounds of ice in the freezer in the garage that I was able to spread out between the garage refrigerator and the one in the house.
On Friday we went to my mother in law's house. By Sunday I would have preferred to have been in my 40 degree house.
As usual, our side of the street and the side of the street behind us were the last ones to have our power restored. I lost no food in either refrigerator though. I had 60 pounds of ice in the freezer in the garage that I was able to spread out between the garage refrigerator and the one in the house.
I'm still waiting for an ELECTRICAL SUPERSTORM! here.
I remember the power going out during a movie once. A friend and I went to see Nightmare on Elm Street 3 [I think it was #3]... at the point where the floor falls out from under the teens and they start descending into Hell, the power went out. A large number of theater attendees were college students (it was a $1 cinema) so naturally it became a party. People were making shadow puppets of Freddy's hands with the knives sliding out. After awhile a few brave souls were re-enacting the earlier Freddy movies and just having a great time. Eventually, the manager told us that the emergency light batteries were dying and we would all have to leave (with rainchecks, of course). All in all it was one of the best times I ever had at the movies!
I think we were without power for three days once, which DID knock out my Internet. It was after a tropical storm-strength system (rain with 60 MPH / 97 km/hr south winds) came through a few winters back that tore out a quarter of a friend's barn! Grandma went to stay with a friend that had heat, me and grandpa stayed home. It was the straw that broke the camel's back for us getting a gas-powered range to replace our electric one.
In 2006, I lost power for eight days--during the hottest week of the summer, with temperatures approaching 100 degrees and nearly 100% humidity.
Later that very same year, I lost power for "only" 36 hours--during the coldest day of the winter, with wind chill temperatures approaching zero.
Neither was very fun, but having no heat during the winter was worse. At the time, I was taking care of my very sick mother who wasn't very mobile and there really wasn't anywhere we could go--but any longer than two days, and we would have had to evacuate our house regardless. In any event, I resorted to using one of those long lighters you light barbecue grills with to heat up our gas stove so we could cook soup and hot chocolate to keep warm until the power did thankfully come back on the next day...
Later that very same year, I lost power for "only" 36 hours--during the coldest day of the winter, with wind chill temperatures approaching zero.
Neither was very fun, but having no heat during the winter was worse. At the time, I was taking care of my very sick mother who wasn't very mobile and there really wasn't anywhere we could go--but any longer than two days, and we would have had to evacuate our house regardless. In any event, I resorted to using one of those long lighters you light barbecue grills with to heat up our gas stove so we could cook soup and hot chocolate to keep warm until the power did thankfully come back on the next day...
I need to stock up on charged batteries!I always have (and sometimes even carry) a gizmo that can charge my phone using either rechargeables or store-bought batteries) -had good use of it yesterday when I didn't have time to go home and re-charge the phone before having to be somewhere elseAs for last night, the power came on again just over an hour later. I would have posted more, but I didn't bother to recharge my phone yesterday, it was about to die, and I decided the light it gave me was more important than chatting online
I always have (and sometimes even carry) a gizmo that can charge my phone using either rechargeables or store-bought batteries) -had good use of it yesterday when I didn't have time to go home and re-charge the phone before having to be somewhere else
I need to get one of those! I have one for plugging into the car to recharge the phone, but one that works off batteries would be even better.
I always have (and sometimes even carry) a gizmo that can charge my phone using either rechargeables or store-bought batteries) -had good use of it yesterday when I didn't have time to go home and re-charge the phone before having to be somewhere else
I need to get one of those! I have one for plugging into the car to recharge the phone, but one that works off batteries would be even better.
The thing I have you can plug any USB cable into! -the same USB cable you'd normally use for your phone doubles as the battery-charger cable -I was impressed with that
Not sure if it is the same, but I have a car charger: one end goes into the cigarette lighter/power outlet, the other end is a USB port. You can charge ANYTHING which charges via USB cable!I always have (and sometimes even carry) a gizmo that can charge my phone using either rechargeables or store-bought batteries) -had good use of it yesterday when I didn't have time to go home and re-charge the phone before having to be somewhere else
I need to get one of those! I have one for plugging into the car to recharge the phone, but one that works off batteries would be even better.
The thing I have you can plug any USB cable into! -the same USB cable you'd normally use for your phone doubles as the battery-charger cable -I was impressed with that
^sounds cool -just totally wrong for me; I need a device that'll help me without me having access to a car 
This gizmo I can charge at home:
And then use to charge anything via USB-cable:
This gizmo I can charge at home:
And then use to charge anything via USB-cable:
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