Don't you get afraid when all the lights are gone all at a sudden at night time?

I should say I liked your phrase " colour of darkness ". I live in a township which is governed by a powerplant so I do not face such crisis often. But yes at times I do face. I am not scared for the ugly myths of ghosts but yes as you said sometimes for doors, sometimes for switching off the appliance for their security purpose. And then yes I get very frustrated due to silence and getting all cooling appliances off.

Hello boy, If power supply goes off suddenly at my house at night i would search for a match box/torch/mobile then i will do anything.I tried once like you and hit a chair on the way so i don't do it now.Moreover i have invertor at home which works when supply goes off.

I have been without electricity many time and occasionally the power goes out all over and there aren't even street lights. This doesn't bother me because I have emergency lights and some candles (though candles are dangerous), spare batteries, canned food and a small stove to cook on if I need to. I'm not afraid of the dark, although I was when I was younger. I know every inch of my house because I practice going through it with my eyes closed. I can find anything I'm looking for even if it is completely dark. You should practice that, too, if you experience a lot of power outages. If you are afraid of robbers you should improve your security. Remember, the darkness is your friend (if you know your way around!) in such situation. I keep pepper spray handy both downstairs and upstairs and also have a room I can lock myself into.

hahahahahahaha......... Well, i cant sleep on light. I need total darkness when i go to bed. So, darkness is nothing to me. lol Have a nice time.

thewonderboy: I am basically from Chennai -- now in Detroit. In Chennai we are used to power cuts -- regular and irregular power cuts. We have a torch light and immediately switch it on. Thereafter we will light a candle. I did not purchase an invertor because we were about to leave our place for longer time and if invertor is left unattended to the battery will get drained dully.

Well, it can be frightening thats for sure if not prepared. Always have emergency things around just in case it happens, such as a flashlight, batteries, and those other much needed items if you have access to them at all in the house, then it won't be too scary. I don't blame you for wanting to close and lock the door due to robbery. I have experienced it many a times with the lights going out, even just for a few seconds.

If a power failure, I did not panic, and I am not afraid. I will light a candle, or emergency lights.

If a power failure, I did not panic, and I am not afraid. I will light a candle, or emergency lights.

Wonder, when i was still a kid, i am really scared of the dark. I even can't sleep when my parents switched off the light. Nowadays, i am not really scare of dark since i always getting my torchlight ready. In case, there is a power supply cut, i will just find the candles and lit them on the table. I make sure that the candles are not too near to any paper. I ever read in the newspaper that some people lost their homes due to candles. It is because they lit their candles too near to paper area.

Recently I had this experience. The power supply was cut at a sudden. I was alone at home. My heart started to beat rapidly. I looked for matches and candles. But could not find any. Fortunately I had my mobile with me. It helped me to search for a candle which I lighted from the stove. As I lighted the candle the electricity came back. What an experience I had for this short time. Today still I smile when I think of this moment.

Hi Kid Powercut rarely happens in the place where i live (Mumbai) like a decade before we used face this problem but instead of being scare me and my friends used to like it a lot. Everyone in our colony used to be outside and we used to enjoy a lot. I miss those days now as now everything here is concrete jungle. My native place is in kerala and there it happens a lot but there even when they have light people are scared to go out after 8pm for me i have no problems from darkness

hi twb, Well it happened to us we don't have a power supply for 3 days I think I really hate it but it give us time to relax and have bonding with my family. I am not afraid of the dark if ever there is a brown out or black out we always have emergency lights and candle to use I just hate that I can't use electric fan or aircondition. happy mylotting

The first thing I am looking for when there is a power failure is my cellphone. Since it's always besides me, I can easily find it. The reason why is, it could give me light to find my candles and matchbox I don't worry much about the robbers as our doors are always close be it day or night. Also we have gate and big dogs outside. Before the robbers get in I'm sure our dogs surely bite them. You know what makes me so afraid of when darkness gets in and there is no light at all? none other than, a snake. I let the lights on in some part of our house during nights so I wouldn't be surprise so much if ever there is a snake.

I don't suppose you live around Illinois? There was a power outage in my area a while ago yesterday for me as well. There's actually been quite a lot of power outages this month, especially the one that took place when the temperatures reached up to the 100. When the power went out for us, at first it was a huge deal because we were all kind of using power-related tools. when that stopped, I was kind of relieved I didn't have to do more work, but a bit annoyed that there wasn't any air conditioning in the house. I did feel afraid though. We have an electric stove so we couldn't really cook anything and had to order, but we were also afraid that we wouldn't be able to get food because some restaurants would close from that power outage. Fortunately, we were able to get food and by that time, the power came back up. Boy, was I relieved.

I have lots of batteries and candles for backup. I do have a battery inverter, that could run a light.

This is pretty common and we have emergency lights all over the house so it really doesn't scare me, exceptwhen I am cooking a big dinner for guests and all the food is not cooked yet.

Hi wonderboy Actually I was enjoying such power cuts in the past.. We cousin used to enjoy it and have different kind of fun. So I never felt fear about it.. When I was kid, yes may be few times I got worried when I was alone, but i never felt same thing when I was with something.... And as I said when we were in big group, we surely used to enjoy it.

I don't worry much about it, just find candle and burn it on. i don't worry about robbery, etc also...because i stay in the second floor and i don't have much money at home...

Hi, I am afraid of neither darkness nor power cuts. When I was a child, my father taught me a trick of not getting afraid of darkness. That trick was I should close my eyes at night when we switch off the lights of the room before going to bed. What he told me was if I close my eyes and switch off the lights and after switching off if I open the eyes, I should be able to see some brightness in the room. These days, if there is a power cut, then we (husband & children) are all aware of the matchbox and candle or the mobile phone so either of us lights it. At times I also tell my children to try and experience the ‘switch off’ with closed eyes.

I am actually a person that is VERY afraid of the dark so I would have to say that I am very afraid because I cannot see anything and I hate that. It's so bad that I hyperventilate while the power is out. Though we have solar lamps in our house for that occasion, we didn't expect the power to go out and it just suddenly went very hectic in my house. I'm also someone that hates when it is very quiet and with no power...well, you could probably guess how I was feeling. :(