I have no power

In todays life everyone has gotten dependent on some things. Like power. If the power goes out for some people like you. It could get really bad because everything is almost depending on electricity. I am not sure what I would do if I did not have power. I have gas heat. But it does not have a thermostat. I can cut it off and on when I want. Also my waterheater is gas. Everything else calls for electricity. That means I can not cook what is in the freezer or the fridge. I do not like thinking about stuff like that. Where I am at. There was a Blizzard in 93. Was without power for over two weeks. That was hell. That is the only way that I can describe it.

here in our country we always have difficulties regarding electricity when there is a storm. most of the times specially when the storm is more on wind than rains the electric company turns off the electricity so it will not create fire if the cables get cut due to strong winds. and because that happens three or more times a year we have our manual things for back up. we have chargable lamps taht can be use when it is dark already. we still have kettles that goes on the top of the gas stove. we also have small television battery operated.

I feel your pain! We just had a tremendous ice storm where we live and we were without power for 4 days. I will tell you how dependent we are on electric. When they started with the warning about this huge ice storm we decided to go to home depot and get a generator "just in case" well nope that didn't happen because they had sold out. Seems we were a little behind on our idea. So when the ice came and the power went out we made our way to the closest motel and yep you guessed it...filled up! Once again a little too late. We did find another motel nearby and stayed there until power came back on. Now we are dealing with frozen water lines and a plasma TV that didn't care for the cold temps. WHAT A MESS!
Power came back on two days ago and we are expecting another tomorrow night. But guess what? While out at the motel we found a Lowes store that had a generator so we're on top of it now! LOL We spent all day yesterday thawing water lines and thankfully none bursted. Now if I can get my TV up and running I'll be back to normal I guess. Until tomorrow night that is! I am sooo ready for winter to be OVER!

I realized the same thing last summer when Ike made us lose power for 4 days here in Ohio. Eating cold food got pretty old! I had plenty of everything, even battery powered fans but we didn't need them.

Now I've got a sterno stove and plenty of food. I always have a month's worth of human and dog food on hand and rotate it regularly. I have plenty of books and candles for entertainment plus cards and a hand-crank radio. Plus about 100 bottles of water. I'm prepared! I always was, but I got a stove to use and fuel for it.

We are all too dependent on modern conveniences. Half the world would have a nervous breakdown if they lost power and that's a shame. Where's our independence? And at least you learned something from this, right? Now do something about it!

Haha, just think the last time you use a candle.We're all used to having power.Little we can do without power,like reading your post now.Thanks to the greatest inventor Edison.lol

I feel you!
We had a blackout yesterday too
the whole county lost power for 3 hours
well some were in the dark for longer
When we lost power I did the same thing
I looked outside for streetlights or lights at the neighbors
when I couldnt see anything i checked the breaker box and got the flashlights and candles out
once the kids were settled in I went to the neighbor to check on her
when I got back i got the corded phone out and called the power company
(I have been in the situation before which is why I now have a corded phone for emergency)
My daughter had to hang her wet jerseys on the shower curtain rod to dry since they couldnt go in the dryer and she has a game today
our thermastat is also electric and there isnt anything i could do to prevent the temperature from dropping
the best thing to do in these situations is NOT think about what ifs and just deal with what you can

that is one thing that concerns me durning storms is the electrictiy going out. Since everything in our house runs on electricity even down to our heat I always get a little nervous during storms, I think this tax season we are going to invest in a good generator we've talked about for sometime and with some of the winter storms we have had recently I think it's about time to get one