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Longest You've Been Without Power?

Biftu — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:27:35 GMT

For me it was a few winter's ago when I was without power for six days. My thermostat went down to 35 degrees, but my pipes did't freeze. I am luckily to have a fireplace so that helped until after a day I went to a friend's house a few miles away who had power and stayed there. I keep checking at home to see that everything was ok. Emptied my freezer and brought to his house. Many of my elderly neighbors toughed it out. I don't know how they did it. Thinking of those in Texas.

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manny2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:28:42 GMT

2 weeks!

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:30:57 GMT

A few weeks in 2012 with Hurricane Sandy. Bought a generator after that as our power goes out quite a bit.

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highmaintenancejan — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:32:14 GMT

11 days

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furbabylover — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:33:10 GMT

Hurricane Ivan left us without power for 5 weeks. The storm sat on top of us for 12 hours generating many tornadoes that wiped us all out.

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ReggieRagu — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:35:20 GMT

@Biftu @manny2

In late September 1985 I lived on Long Island when Hurricane Gloria blew through.
I had a 4 year old and a 10 month old and we lost power for 13 days. We were fortunate that we had a gas stove so I could cook. I was brewing coffee for several of my neighbors and we were all helping each other in our search for available ice. It was not fun but certainly was gratifying to see how neighbors can pull together. I hope and pray that the situation in Texas improves very soon.

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:38:14 GMT

Three days after a storm that produced tornadoes a few miles away. That was too long for me.

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skatting44 — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:41:17 GMT

Luckily it was only 3 days during the winter .I slept in ski outfit . We had bottled water and then melted snow on our gas barbeque grill . I took mini baths at work .

We also had 3 days one really really hot summer - lucky we had a cool basement and a small generator for fans.

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amyb — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:41:06 GMT

About 6 years ago when Ct had one of the bad hurricanes (We had two, two years in a row, so I forget which this was..)...we were out about 10-13 days.

Ridiculous...I heard the other day we have the highest electric bills in the nation...and one of the worst systems. "(N)Eversource"

The upside...neighbors were outside talking to each other, lol...it felt "quaint."

People were playing board games by candlelight.

We came outside on the deck in the morning to make coffee on the grill...like camping.

Oiy...quaint...but don't bring me back anytime soon.

Sad for Texas right now...we know people there.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:41:47 GMT

3 days. We also have a Generac.

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Pearlee — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:56:42 GMT

8 days in Sept in very hot weather (so no air conditioning). All my food spoiled. Some friends across town who had power offered to have me stay in their guest bedroom but since my battery backup for my home security system had also gone out (it wasn't meant to last for 8 days) I stayed home and toughed it out. I did go across town to see movies in air conditioned theaters a few times but that whole experience was miserable. Ahhh ... for the good old days when we could go to movie theaters...now just nostalgia. 😥

After those 8 miserable days and all the food spoilage a lot of my neighbors bought generators.

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ID2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:01:42 GMT

Probably back in 2003 when the entire grid of the east coast went out. It was many days but I don't remember how many. We live rural now and seem to have quite a few power outages. We invested in a whole house generator. It's paid off immensely!

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SharkE — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:02:12 GMT

@highmaintenancejan wrote:
11 days

You telling the truth ? I can't wrap my head around that at all. I would be

like King Kong climbing the tower and start shooting.

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Marp — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:07:51 GMT

Three and half weeks following hurricane Wilma.

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SharkE — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:08:59 GMT

Was any hotels open ?

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ALRATIBA — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:12:52 GMT

Superstorm Sandy - 2012 - NYC

It was several days - can't recall how many.

No electricity - and when you are living on the 10th floor it's a really big issue! No way I could get up and down from the 10th floor. Management sent reps through the building to check tenants.

No water - because pumps are run by electric. Couldn't recharge phone battery. Landline was dead.

Thank goodness my stove is gas - so at least I was able to cook by candlelight! And - that I had a manual can opener. Evereything in fridge was spoiled.

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kitcat51 — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:16:26 GMT

2003 Ice storm....3 weeks without power, heat, water & it was rough but I stayed. 2012 finally installed a whole house generator, it was expensive but worth every $.

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newjerseygirl — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:18:05 GMT

8 days after Hurricane Sandy. Got a Generac whole house generator after that.

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ninjawife — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:18:38 GMT

Last summer we had a tornado rip through our neighborhood and we were without power for more than a week. Fortunately we were staying at our beach house during the tornado and did not have to suffer with being without power. We did have to empty out the refrigerator (which was practically empty since we were staying at the beach for an extended period of time) and have a tree removed that fell in the front of our house onto our driveway.

I live less than a mile from Biden's house and it seems whenever we lose power at any other time, it is back on in a short period of time. Snow removal is also awesome.

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tucsongal — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:24:11 GMT

We have occasionally lost power in a big monsoon storm, usually just a few minutes to a couple hours. Very fortunate here.