9 hours of no electricty :(

I would go to the terrace and sit there quietly, if there is daylight I'll read a book. If not, I'll sit down to talk to anyone around me. Good time for socializing

That is the best time to clear all those unopened mail, bank statements and clear up the thing cluttering the home. You won't do it when there is electricity because your eyes and mind would be on the computer or cellphone. This would let me experience life would be like without electricity and cellphones. I am also wondering why we had more time before when we didn't have computers and cellphones.

That makes the two of us! I had a similar predicament, for the second time in the last week.

I would probably catch up on a lot of things that needed to be done that didn't require electricity.

we went to the middle of our apts and talked watch them fix the box and the stop light the box started smoking so we had to stand back they didn't get it back on till 2am

This monsoon, we had very heavy rain. There were landslides, uprooted trees, and no power for almost a week. But the town is amazing! In the midst of all of this, people went about their work as usual! Luckily for us, we had a solar panel and in spite of the disruption, we had a couple of lights that worked. It wasn't too bad, actually, though I can't say that I look forward to it happening again!

Oh dear sorry to hear, not sure really, I could make more product's for my Etsy Store.

Hi we also experienced brown out at the same time as you there. I went to the grocery then went home after at around 4pm and power went back.

Glad you made productive use of your time. Had it happened to me, I would have done some chores that I've been putting off because I had something important to watch on TV.

I think that there is light enough to read, sew, paint or do something around the house.

Providing I had some source of light I would read and do crosswords etc. If I could get outside I'd be gardening.

yea its kinda like we don't know what else to do when this occurs

Nine hours is a long time! The problem is that you don't know - when it starts - how long it will be before the power comes back. If you did, and it was still light, you could go for a walk. If it's night-time and the sky is clear, this would be a great opportunity to look at the stars without any light pollution.

I would read a book or play some board games which I love but don't get to do much these days

@lady1993,fortunately we rarely have so long disruptions in power supply.We have enough of electricity.I can understand the problem you must have been facing now.

I would probably read a book with a flashlight for a while.