So Oklahoma has been out of electricity, and everyone has been bored. So what has everyone been doing to deal with your boredom?
2007-12-13 06:35:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Well, something tells me the people without electricity are not going to be able to answer you until they get electricity back. But, I have been through an ice storm. I was lucky though. My Dad always enjoyed camping, so we had everything we needed. He could cook anything on a coleman stove, and we had lanterns and plenty of coolers for the food. We melted ice and snow and boiled it for drinking water and bath water. We warmed our hands in the flames of the stove and bundled up in blankets. One year we were lucky enough during a Christmas ice storm that my brothers house still had electricity. We all went over there for Christmas dinner and then later I went back to my sisters house to hang out with them. They had a little portable gas heater in the living room. All the door ways and entries were covered over with blankets so that the living room would be warm. We just sat in there and hung out and talked huddled in blankets. It was nice to be with everyone and not be distracted by a television or a radio....or anything. It is actually one of my favorite Christmas memories.
2007-12-13 06:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by tm1trish 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We were without electricity for about 20 minutes on Sunday morning. The 11-year-old boy I was babysitting shouted in shock, "WHAT HAPPENED!?" "The power went out." "WHY?!" "I don't know, I'll check the circuit breakers." When that didn't fix the power, he ran to the bedroom and woke up his sister! He couldn't function without some stimulation and since the Playstation wouldn't work, he needed his Sister! They stewed and worried until the lights came back on a few minutes later. They really take power for granted, don't they?
On a previous occasion when the power failure lasted all day, I walked down to the corner store (where there was no electricity either) and bought hot dogs and buns and marshmallows. I started a fire in the fireplace and carried wood inside to start drying. Sitting not too far from the fireplace, it would dry out by the time it was needed.
Meanwhile I got a metal tea kettle and put it next to the fire to make hot water. I filled bottles with hot water, and placed them in the lizards' cage so they could keep warm. A bottle would last some hours; as it cooled down, the lizards would drape themselves over it to stay warm.
We cooked hot dogs and marshmallows and I had hot tea to drink. It was a nice interlude.
2007-12-13 15:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On Christmas eve 2000 the Texarkana Texas area had a real bad ice storm and we lost power for 12 days at our house. Some places even longer. You can't imagine that many tree limbs down all over the country. So I can identify with those people in Oklahoma. We now live in the desert of West Texas and don't worry about trees falling on power lines out side the city. Mesquite just doesn't grow that high.
2007-12-13 14:53:57 · answer #3 · answered by Jackolantern 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They gathered all their food up in wheelbarrows. The families then found a cave in the side of the moutain. They gathered fire wood and had fire, the husband went out and hunted the streets for food. The prophets told of a time when everyone had electricity in their "homes." Children wished for a day when all could have electricity.
The Okalhoma Cult was born, they assumed the world was ending with power being out so the end of the world was at hand. And if they have done better things than this, please email me and let me know while you sit without power.
2007-12-13 14:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not Everyone is without Electricity. The City of Shawnee was up and working on Tuesday. As was Cushing. Most of Tulsa and OKC is without electricity. My parents are playing card games.
When the storm hit I was visiting friends who live in a very isolated country area. We lost power at 5:30 PM Sunday and they are still without electricity. On Monday we spent most of the day next door with my friend's son, who has a wood stove. Their children were playing Trivia. Talking on the phone to their friends. And we watched as the trees snapped popped, crackled and lost limbs and whole tops.
Tuesday I came home where we have power and cable.
when we had power loss one time in Michigan for over a week, we played lots of card games at night when the kids were home.
2007-12-13 14:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like in OK, but here in Buffalo we had a bad October storm last year and were without power for a week. We had our friends come over (we luckly had a generator) we played cards, just enjoyed each other's company. Have fun with it...Especially in OK it's not very likely to happen
2007-12-13 14:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by It's a girl due 5/11/09 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um those people probably wont answer now because there electricity is out so no computer unless by cellphone.
hehe but I am not in OK. so hmm they prolli went out or something or eatingg.=] or talking on the phone.=]like my mom is doing right now to my aunt who is in OK.
2007-12-13 14:40:18 · answer #7 · answered by miya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they have no electricity how can they respond to your question?
2007-12-13 14:39:32 · answer #8 · answered by peggysnotions 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I always have a dozen candles on hand.
2007-12-13 21:27:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does your computer run on squirrel power?
2007-12-13 14:40:09 · answer #10 · answered by bettyrubleinspurs 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋