Is it possible to go without electricity for 30 days?
@Countrygirl1972 (27)
August 10, 2017 8:29pm CST
Yes, it is possible, while I can say it's not easy but it possible. I tried this as an experiment last year and tho it was hard, we were able to do it. For entertainment, we read a lot of books, used a battery operated lantern for light, and cooked on a grill. We took a lot of cold showers because with no power there was no hot water, but we managed. I can say after the 30 days, I was happy to get my power back. Would you go without power for 30 days?
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
11 Aug 17
Not me! Cold showers don't appeal to me as I can't stand the cold. What happened to the internet? Did you go 30 days without it?
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@Countrygirl1972 (27)
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11 Aug 17
well we did go without internet as well, that was also hard
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
11 Aug 17
@Countrygirl1972 Really? Your family is amazing. Are you going to do it again?
@Countrygirl1972 (27)
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11 Aug 17
@1hopefulman I am not sure if I will do it again, My kids could not believe my husband and I did this in the first place, they did not think we would last 30 days. That just made me more determined to go the full 30 days.
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@Countrygirl1972 (27)
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11 Aug 17
Yes I did, we used a cooler, it took several bags of Ice per day to keep the food cool.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
11 Aug 17
Never went 30 days but I know we could. When our town got hit by a tornado we were without it for about 3 weeks. My then 8 year old loved it and it didn't bother me much at all. I'm just glad it happened when it was warm out, I cant imagine it in the winter with no heat!
@Ithink (9980)
• United States
12 Aug 17
@Countrygirl1972 I really didn't think of it as hard, but the firemen were surprised that we didn't need anything. They were going around all the houses to check on people and handing out stuff if needed. I was able to help out our older neighbor with water and such too. Being prepared does have its advantage.
@Countrygirl1972 (27)
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11 Aug 17
That must have been hard. I remember with the tornados came through Alabama, it was bad, there were towns wiped out. But thank the lord that now the towns are rebuilt and moving forward.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Aug 17
It wouldn't be so horrible if it was just my husband and I. However, we have 5 children and 2 are babies who sweat like crazy when there's no AC. Not something I would ever want to try.
We were without power last year for 5 days, it was awful for the kids especially.
@Countrygirl1972 (27)
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11 Aug 17
it was summer, however, with now having access to a wood heater, winter would not be so bad either, because with the wood heat we at least would stay warm.
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
11 Aug 17
Not today. I am at my wits end when the power goes out for a couple hours. However I did spend my early childhood without power so I survived.
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@Letranknight2015 (51511)
• Philippines
11 Aug 17
I don't know but we had experience for not having electricity for 2 weeks from a typhoon a while back. Trouble is that pumps here are run by electricity and our pump hasn't been used for a while now. What's even harder is 30 days with out running or even clean water.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
11 Aug 17
we had after the typhoon and that was 2 and 1/2 months of no electricity, no internet, and no water as well
@everwonderwhy (6697)
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11 Aug 17
About 4 days. We had gas bottles, overhead gravity- feed reserve tank rain water. So, we boiled water for showers and cooking.
@mohit459 (12568)
• Haldwani, India
12 Aug 17
Ya one can go!! Infact in remote areas people don't have electricity connection!!
@marguicha (215345)
• Chile
11 Aug 17
It is hard but not impossible. There are solar flashlights with radios instead of batteries and there are many things to do with no light.
@carebear29 (31961)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
11 Aug 17
i have several times growing up and even in adulthood/
