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Don't you just hate it when the power goes out?

cherry — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:56:12 GMT

Our power suddenly failed, so my husband called the Edison company right away. We went out to lunch.WE came home to a still dark house. Edison called us back and said a crew was on its way. These people are great. hey work in terrible weather and its dangerous work

We think a limb might have fallen on a line,as it's windy here today. Anyway my hubby hooked my computer up to a generator, so I am able to ass the time online.

I can't think of anything I dislike more, than having no electricity. How about you?

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CharleyHorse — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:09:05 GMT

Hi cherry. We had so much trouble with outages we invested in a generac. One of the best things we ever did. Pricey, but after several basement floodings, it was worth it. I hope you get your power back soon.

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GATORGIRL — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:10:07 GMT

Yes!

It reminds me, though, to be grateful for what I too often take for granted.

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CharleyHorse — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:12:58 GMT

I agree GATORGIRL!

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muttmom — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:15:33 GMT

We have a generator in the event we lose power for a longer time. What drives me crazy is when we lose power for a minute or two and I have to reset all the digital clocks.

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151949 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:20:28 GMT

We have an all electric home so it really shuts us down when the electric goes off. No hot water - no heat/AC - no stove - nothing at all. Here at camp we would still have hot water and heat and the stove would still work because they are gas, and the fridge can be switched to gas too. But in our house no electric is a total shutdown.For a prolonged shutdown we have a generator that will run the fridge, and we could always cook on the grill.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:18:24 GMT

I sure do! I think I take the power for granted. Then, when it goes out, I'm all put out.

Fortunately, here, the power VERY seldom goes out and 9 times out of 10 (probably takes some 20 years for it to happen 10 times, though) it is just momentary.

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Plaid Pants2 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:27:32 GMT

@cherry wrote:
Our power suddenly failed, so my husband called the Edison company right away. We went out to lunch.WE came home to a still dark house. Edison called us back and said a crew was on its way. These people are great. hey work in terrible weather and its dangerous work

We think a limb might have fallen on a line,as it's windy here today. Anyway my hubby hooked my computer up to a generator, so I am able to ass the time online.

I can't think of anything I dislike more, than having no electricity. How about you?

I love it when the power goes out, especially at night.

I figure, if our great-grands survived life before electricity, I can survive for a few hours or even days without it.

I didn't know that we could say the "a" word here! *lol*

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cherry — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:33:18 GMT

@Plaid Pants Is my face red. I used spell check and didn't reread. It was supposed to be pass

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Allegheny — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:35:27 GMT

Yep I do. Especially in winter. Fan won't run on the furnace, so no heat, well won't run without the pump, so no water. Usually it only lasts a few hours, unless there was a major storm and thousands upon thousand of people are affected.

Only once in 25 years did it go out for more then a day. (major summer storm) after missing work we decided to go to a motel. Got there, checked in and returned back home to retrieve something and the power was on.

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proudlyfromNJ — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:36:36 GMT

Our electricity goes out quite often. Our main problem is having a well and not being able to flush the toilet. We have a generator as do most of the people in the area.

Any that didn't, soon had one after Hurricane Sandy.

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:39:39 GMT

Living out in the country for 18 years we had this happen a lot but the worst was during one ice storm with no power for three days. Then the day it came back the water went off for six hours and upon its being put back on late that afternoon the power went back out again for a couple of hours. I was ready to loose my mind. Thank goodness for the fireplace and a gas cook stove where I could at least light the burners and cook some. No coffee but made lots of cocoa from scratch. All fridge items were kept outside on the deck in the snow and ice. By the end of the second day after living in the living room in front of the fire place I had my family help be human vacuum cleaners. Our hot water heater was gas too so hot showers were no problem until you stepped out of the shower.

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Plaid Pants2 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:40:18 GMT

@cherry wrote:
@Plaid Pants Is my face red. I used spell check and didn't reread. It was supposed to be pass

I knew that it was a typo, and that you ment "Pass".

I was just teasing, ya!

It's all good.

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hckynut — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:41:09 GMT

It depends on the time of the day/night it happens.

hckynut(john)

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Lipstickdiva — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:42:49 GMT

Our next investment is going to be a whole house generator.

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cherry — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:48:44 GMT

It looks like we will be having dinner out. We eat early ,and my husband dislikes cold food. I just got a call it won't be on until after 6 pm

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SeaMaiden — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:53:51 GMT

Yes. Power is Probably the worst thing to go out. When it does I do not know what to do with myself......my life comes to a standstill. I usually wrap myself into a blanket and just sit and wait for the lights to come on....or go to bed. The longest we had it out for was about 4 days after a huge wind/ ice storm. It was cold and I was miserable. I just do not function as a human without my creature comforts.

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sunshine45 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:56:45 GMT

@hckynut wrote:

It depends on the time of the day/night it happens.

hckynut(john)

i agree.....and it also depends on the time of the year. i dont mind so much that the power goes out, especially in the daytime. it is more of an inconvenience then. when it is REALLY bad is in the wintertime and if it lasts for days. a few years ago we had a very bad snowstorm and our power was out for over 5 days. now THAT is when it gets tough.

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Plaid Pants2 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:05:21 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
Yes. Power is Probably the worst thing to go out. When it does I do not know what to do with myself......my life comes to a standstill. I usually wrap myself into a blanket and just sit and wait for the lights to come on....or go to bed. The longest we had it out for was about 4 days after a huge wind/ ice storm. It was cold and I was miserable. I just do not function as a human without my creature comforts.

Really? Seriously?

Things to when when the power is out:

read a book, magazine, newspaper

play boardgames

play card games

put together a jig saw puzzle

do crossword, sudoku, word search

sweep and/or mop the floors

have a conversation with someone

organize something

knit

exercise

if one puts their mind to it, there is always something that can be done to pass the time while the power is out.

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CelticCrafter — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:13:49 GMT

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@cherry wrote:
Our power suddenly failed, so my husband called the Edison company right away. We went out to lunch.WE came home to a still dark house. Edison called us back and said a crew was on its way. These people are great. hey work in terrible weather and its dangerous work

We think a limb might have fallen on a line,as it's windy here today. Anyway my hubby hooked my computer up to a generator, so I am able to ass the time online.

I can't think of anything I dislike more, than having no electricity. How about you?

I love it when the power goes out, especially at night.

I figure, if our great-grands survived life before electricity, I can survive for a few hours or even days without it.

I didn't know that we could say the "a" word here! *lol*

Oh it is not fun especially once you see the socks and underwear quickly dwindling down to one pair left!