What time of year and what were the circumstances? How did you cope?
We went 8 days during an ice storm but others in the area went without for over 20 days.
2006-08-04 00:50:50 · 15 answers · asked by Ragdollfloozie is Pensive! 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Ice storm of 98.
I lived in Montreal(NDG) at the time.
2006-08-04 01:26:35 · update #1
Two months, November and December. It was pretty cold; we used propane heaters in the house, propane stove. We had to keep a window open despite the cold so we wouldn't suffocate. It was pretty awful.
2006-08-04 00:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by grinningleaf 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Same here. During the ice storm we went approx a week but some in Northern Maine went for months. The ice storm started in Janurary and by June some of the extreme parts of Maine still didn't have their power back.
But I live in Central Maine so I only went about a week or so.
2006-08-04 00:56:46 · answer #2 · answered by helpme1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was about four or five days, back in 1990-something. We had a horrible ice storm in Virginia, and the weight of the ice on the power lines caused them to snap and fall down. The truly horrible thing is, we lived in the country and had a well. The well pump was electric, so we not only had no electricity, but no running water, either. We heated the house with a woodstove, so at least we were warm! Smelly, but warm. :)
2006-08-04 02:18:58 · answer #3 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went over a week without power in winter in Michigan. We used a lot of candles, blankets, and cooked on our charcoal grill. But the power outage in 2003 was the worst because it was in the Summer and its harder to cool down.
2006-08-04 00:56:15 · answer #4 · answered by michtb3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really wasent that long, a little over 24 hours, but when you have a 6 year old what are we going to do now is a very frequent question.
2006-08-04 01:01:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 days after an ice storm. Hmm....I wonder if we live in the same city!!!
2006-08-04 00:55:26 · answer #6 · answered by Bryan D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live on Alabama coast and hurricanes can leave us without power up to a month. Depends on how many tree's are on the lines.
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2016-10-01 11:23:31 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only a few hours when the power went out.
2006-08-04 00:56:38 · answer #9 · answered by Isis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 Days! Hurricanes of 2004! Thank GOD for generators!!
Would have melted without it.
2006-08-04 01:03:03 · answer #10 · answered by Star of Florida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋