power cut two hours

What's the reason for the black outs in your area, is it due to lack of power or to try and save energy? It is funny how we have become so used to electricity, internet etc we take having these things for granted and don't remember many don't have access to such facilities. Don't worry about the lack of electricity for such a short time, go outside and get a chance to look at the stars and see how bright they are.

If that happens, the world will be affected greatly. There came I time in where I live that power cuts were expected for 2 hours every day for 2 whole months in the noon time and it was a blazing summer. I suggest that if it happens more often than you previously experienced in the past, then you might as well buy a rechargeable flashlight or rechargeable battery for your flashlight or the rechargeable light with an electric fan. We may not now what the future may old so we might as well be prepared for anything that may come our way.

For some in the USA, they will remember the great blackout of 2003. For days we had no power, it affected parts of the US and Canada. A few weeks ago, we were without power for almost 4 hours when the power line connected to our house exploded off the hydro pole. There will always be a way to supply electricity, it will never disappear I don't think.

Yes, even I have had a "lot" of experience of power cuts long time back. Even today, many cities face long power cuts- even upto 8 hours, which makes life miserable.

From early January 2009 to late February 2009 we lived without power. An ice storm took down miles of power lines, pulled the service lines from homes, the cities did not fare so badly, electricity was restored within a few days for most. I, however, live in the country. I coped with the lack of power with lanterns, putting mirrors behind them to reflect the light out into the rooms, just like they used to do before electricity became a necessity rather than a convenience. I had heat for my house as I use propane and wood for heating fuels, and my water and cook stove are also propane. I did cheat a little, I owned a small generator which I used to have one light (so I could see to cook and clean up after dinner, since it gets dark early here during those months), I also was able to use the television and DVD player to keep my household entertained, oh and to keep the coffee going (LOL). During this time, I had 12 people in a four bedroom house, but since we had a tree go through the roof we were only able to use one bedroom, the living room and the kitchen dining area. Needless to say it was a it crowded. We were all able to enjoy showers, a movie, good hot food, and thankfully cell phones kept us in touch with family and friends in other parts of the world. We spent a lot of time outside, cleaning up the fallen tree limbs, many extremely large ones, luckily we had purchased a tractor that fall, so we could drag the limbs away from the house and into our field to be cut up for firewood later. Evenings we ate dinner, I worried about refrigeration, since my generator was not large enough to keep my refrigerator running, we played card games, checkers and chess among other things. Our neighbors were over for coffee every day until the power restored, they also helped with our clean up as our yard was worse than theirs, as a thank you for the food and coffee we offered. I suggest if you suffer power outages, you create yourself a list of things you can do during this time, and what you would need to do those things. Reading, you can read by candle light, two heavy candles and a two mirrors will create enough light to easily read by. Communications, a cell phone is a good thing to have. Food, keep the refrigerator closed as much as possible, it will stay cold a long time. It might not hurt to purchase a small camp type stove you can fry foods or even use it to 'roast' hotdogs, and even make coffee if necessary in a tin can, you can even make toast by taking a larger metal can, punching holes in the bottom, placing it bottom side up over a flame and putting your bread on top. This is referred to as a hobo toaster, it does a nice job of making toast. Heat...this is a major worry in some parts of the world, keeping warm, especially when you are used to having it available. Blankets, again metal cans, candles, Candles produce heat, the metal can is to contain it so it won't start a fire, you can heat an area of approximately 50 square feet to about 40 degrees Fahrenheit with one candle and can, so several candles in an enclosed area could make it reasonably comfortable. Of course having a few battery powered lanterns is always a good plan along with a battery operated radio. And if you look hard enough, you can even find televisions that operate on batteries! Next power outage, be prepared then invite the neighbors over for a game of cards.