[Last night, I was in the middle of a conversation on MSN & the power went out! I went into "What the heck" mode. First thing I did was try to calm my daughter down, then ran down to the fuse box to see if the main breaker for the house tripped. Next step was driving over to the neighbor's (I live in the country, we don't have right next door neighbors) to see if their's was out. Unfortunately, we ended up being out of power for like 8 hours.]
2007-05-12 03:10:10 · 18 answers · asked by ~*~Malarie~*~ 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Damn, did I forget to pay the bill again!?
2007-05-12 03:37:35 · answer #1 · answered by Abby O'Normal 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Eight hours of outage, wow! We've never had anything like that in the last 10 years. Our first reaction is to just relax and wait a few minutes to see if the power will come back on. If the lights don't come on quickly, I get our long-life LED lanterns and turn them on.
We're in the country with no near neighbors, but we can see distant yard-lights at night as well as the night glow of a couple small towns. We look for those next, if our lights stay off. So far, the other yard lights have always been off also, but not always the town lights. If the other yard lights were on, I'd check our breakers next.
After a couple hours of outage, I call the power company to see what's going on - I think that has happened twice in ten years. They always sound very harassed, no surprise, and tell me what the problem is & that they are working on it.
2007-05-12 13:01:42 · answer #2 · answered by Husker41 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The worst thing ever. Last month our lights went out it was like 2 a.m and I was on my laptop doing my assignments and laying in my bed in my room with the TV on and lights on then poof it was pitch black and so quiet. My siblings were sleeping and my dad was still awake downstairs. I started hearing all sorts of noises, I was just been paranoid to make it worse my battery on my laptop died. The only light I had and my stuff wasnt saved. I was so terrified and oh yeah I am so afraid of the dark . If you are afraid of the dark you definitely know the feeling, I started crying too Sad but true, we didn't even have any candles! So I packed up my stuff went downstairs and I told my dad I was leaving to go to my moms to do my assignments that were due to tomorrow, but they weren't, I lied. My mom stays like 30 minutes away. I didn't want him thinking I was leaving because I was scared of the dark. I left that house so fast it made no sense. LMAO. I live in a country area too and when I was driving it was so dark all the houses had no lights. I couldn't even seen, not to mention I was the only car on the road. The worst night ever! When the lights go out, that means I'm out! Especially at night!
2007-05-12 10:39:11 · answer #3 · answered by ~Mom to be 2 my Princess 81909~ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Count to 30 and wait for the backup power to come on. Turn off all nonessential stuff. Go next door [ 1/4 mile] and see if theirs is out also [ they don't have a cell phone] Call the power co. to see how long this time. I live far out and it can take a while for them to send a restoration team.
2007-05-12 10:21:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am right there with K K. I am also affraid of the dark!!!!! LMAO!!!!!! So sad, I know, especialy since I am trying to calm down my kids!!!!! It's a crazy sight, the only one with any sence when the power goes out is my husband!!!!! Theres a 6 year old, a 3 year old, a 3 month old & a 24 year old flippin' when it happens here!!!!!!!!!!
2007-05-13 01:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by Footsie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in the city, so I look to see if the entire street is out. Then, I light some candles and call the power company.
2007-05-12 10:28:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good to see ya back in the space age world! =)
I usually go "wow how freaky"...then get the candles and portable radio and the weather radio..then head out to the barn for the kerosene lanterns if I have time to before the storms hit..=)
(we are in the country too,but usually only loose the power if its bad azz weather,which can be ice too)
2007-05-12 10:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Depends on the situation, actually. If I'm in the middle of something, I'll cuss; if I'm in bed, I won't be in a hurry to get out; if I'm at work, who cares?
2007-05-12 11:59:51 · answer #8 · answered by knight2001us 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What the heck am I supposed to do now? Talk to real people? Go to bed?
2007-05-12 10:13:55 · answer #9 · answered by M3 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
First reaction is, "Did I just die?" Then when I figure out that I didn't, I go outside to see if the whole town is out.
2007-05-12 10:14:36 · answer #10 · answered by HotGuy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's really exciting to me for some reason.
Usually I'm like "awesome!" and then I go get the flashlights.
idk...
2007-05-12 10:15:35 · answer #11 · answered by Annalynn ツ 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋