Where were your kids last night at midnight?

weren't me - I was asleep and I ain't got no kids - and the cats don't know how to flip switches...

I know it wasn't mine...they would have cut it off at the pole by remote device....or by a highly trained squad of covert op squirrels. WEll, at midnight my youngest daughter was upstairs in her room studying for a class and yackin on her cell phone, winding down from a busy night at work. The others, who the heck knows, they all live out of state on their own now.

Firstly, I'm thankful it wasn't a home invasion and you didn't have that problem to contend with - rather scary though. Secondly, we live too far away, with an ocean between and no private jet, so it wasn't any of us - and if my kids could get there I'd be jealous, because I can't - and if I did, I'd be standing there saying "Boo! Guess who!" Our metre boxes are outside (have to be). If there is a problem, the electricity supplier will supply a key so they can get to read it and we can have access to the fuses etc.

Well we don't have any kids... but I know if that happened I would be quite freaked out, and would most likely run from our house to my MIL's house, promptly knocking on her windows and the backdoor to get inside quickly! We live out in the country and know our neighbors though.

That is really scary. Our switches are either inside the main part of the house or there are a few in the cellar. There is an outside entrance to the cellar that we don't keep locked, but you have to get past our doggies to get to it, so we are not worried about that. I would definitely not want our switches to be outside where somebody could turn them off, even if it was only a prank. By the way, both of my kids were home sleeping last night, although admittedly not in the same house.

Hi Dawn, ...a bad joke! i am just happy that nobody was hurt in your family except that it created a certain panic on your part. me and my kids and husband were already asleep.

Lol to far away for it have been them and my Son was working while my Daughter was packing ready to go on her Holiday on Tuesday Now I can not say where Gissi was you just never know

That's scary. I'm glad you all were still up and that nobody stole anything or tried to hurt anyone in the house. I hope it was just a kid playing a joke but still that's scary. My child was in the bed asleep at midnight but he's little still so I don't have to worry about anything like that with him yet. lol

Sometimes if the circuit gets overloaded...like several things turned on practically at once, it will cut out automatically. My Dad's used to do it...it was quite annoying as it happened in the area where I was. The lights, my computer and the fridges would go off and I would have no light to see what was going on. It's weird really that it only happens some of the time.

I don't have any kids,and I have an Alibi! I'm aware some elecric companies have meters and such that are accessible by them from outside the house,but I'm surprised to hear that the panel could be got at by somebody outside your family or the supply company..You would think it should be securely locked! So say if you had an alarm system,somebody could simply kill the power outside before making an entry and disable the system?! Here in the UK,My 1970's vintage house has the meter box inside the house..as there's nothing to access outside,it takes a power cut or a problem with an appliance that'd trip a circuit breaker,but there's a lighting and an appliance circuit,so rarely they'd both go out..There may have been build code changes since my place was built,as I've seen external meter panels on some new build houses,but have never been close enough to check one out..afaik,they need a key of some sort to get access..So the switch that was thrown wasn't an RCD type (Automatic) trip switch? Is your house more accessible than your neighbours? could it have been some neighbourhood vigilante music critic?

My little one was fast asleep in my bed actually! (Long story…) I have heard of nasties switching your power off outside and wait until you come out, hit you on the head and rob you. Once when my husband was away my lights went out and I ventured outside, flicked the switch back on and returned inside without giving it a second thought until he gave me a long lecture when he returned about how dangerous it can be to do that; I’ve been instructed to ring my next door neighbour if it happens again when I’m alone.

Kids are rotten pranksters for sure. My daughter went to her friends house to stay the night. If you look out and see big green eyes..just give me a call...LOL.

i don't have children but if i did i would hope that they would have been on the other side of the puddle playing pointless pranks on americans.

All my kids where tucked up in their beds sleeping soundly. As was I and my hubby. That must have been scary it would have freaked me out, we have our box inside. If the electricity company want to get to it, they ring in advance and book an appointment. Don't understand why everyone doesn't have it indoors.

well, our12 year old daughter was sleeping (as was i) and hubby was watching tv and our 16 year old and her friend invaded our living room and were supposed to be sleeping but i think they were still up gabbing (according to hubby).

Well, I'm pretty sure it wasn't mine. She was at a friends house last nite but they'd have had to do some serious travelling to find their way to your place. Not saying that it couldn't have happened but I'm not going to question her on it without further evidence. Well, I'm glad you both are alive and well. Must of been a bit intense there for a few minutes, huh?

oh my only kid a nd hes fifty just left here awhile ago, but I am sure he was not going around pulling the switches. could it be a power surge made a circuit breaker go off. I had the darnedest thing in the apartment we were ousted from. if you used the toaster at the same time as you turned on the microwave oven,kerplooey, the circuit breaker went off. seems our refrigerator and toaster and microwave oven were all on the same circuit. and I had to hunt through fourteen to find the one that went off as they were not labeled at all. grrr. hope it was not kids, but who knows? glad it was not a home invasion.

Hi dawnald, Our power box is in our house so we don't have any problems, it is a good thing it wasent a prank though it could be very scary, nope don't have any kids. hugs. Tamara

Mine was sleeping cutely, knows never to play with electric, and wouldn't have been able to reach the switch anyway.

My son is 6, and at midnight he was asleep...lol.