What do you do when you loose electric?

Here in China it is not enough electric,so it losed electric cow hour every week.I only sleeped at that time.Sometimes I went outside to shopping or walking .

there was one night that the electric suddenly went off..so the whole neighbourhood was pitch dark..we my brothers were little,they will ran to the whole house if there was black out..it was funny because there was just no electricity..that was all..but they were freaked out as if a seriel killer walked in slowly into our house to murder us all....i loved to laugh at them....but that night we sat around..like everyone gathered around and tell stories..we don't want to go out because usually it took few minutes for the elecricity to come back..so we lingered and tease one another...and that night it was full moon..so outside kinda bright a little as time passed..

I move to my kitchen garden and work with the plants there! This gives me fresh air as well as refreshes my moods to resume my Internet session when Electricity is again transmitted! Thanks for this nice topic and have nice surfing always!!

I fuss alot, lol. I have been blessed to not have it off for a long time. As hot as it is here i would be really miserable w/out a/c & would be lost w/out it. I'm all electric except for a gas hot water heater. I am spoiled to having electricity & i guess like most people just take it for granted.

When I lived in New York we would have blackout here and there. I would get the candles out and we would sit around telling ghost stories. If it happened during the day we would cook on the grill outside and just hangout till the electric came back. I remember back in 1977 when there was a big blackout we went to the beach and cooked all our food and had a blast all day. That was when the electric was out for about 24 hours. It happened on July 13, 1977 at about 8:30pm and the lights didn't go back on till the next evening.

My memories of blackouts from being a youngster, where always warm and cosy.. as we had a gas cooker., no interuption in having meals, and as we had an open fire warmth not an issue , and the candles, worked to read with., so it was always a time of cosy feelings and something to get passed.... Now, with no gass, would miss having my cup of tea... :( and in the day light hours would carry on painting or writing., as am old school and use a pencil and pad!! Would sew or knit ordo something creative., as for meals hope that had bread for sandwich and keep fridege and freezer shut to conserve the cold..... Having no phone or computer wouldnt bother me as, not an avid user of technology but would sympathise with those who are., not having water would be the worst i think, as not being able to have a shower and again a cuppa would be the most irritating.... but glad your grandaughter enjoyed her ice cream... i would be with her on that :) and that you got your power back on before it became to difficult... Bless xxx

i really hate that. in dire fear of it. one day it was off a couple hours here and i went cookoo son said. mom read thats what you used to do all the time. anyway, when i was at my daughters, like you i had to go without for a whole 24 hours but i also had my granddaughter there and it was nice cause we talked and played games, etc. nice quality time i'll always remember and her to and yours will always remember this fondly

When I lose electricity at my house, it can be an inconvenience. I am usually involved in something where electericity is necessary. This never fails to happen. Until power is restored, I light some candles and wait.

For me it is okey for us we used candle as the light and sleep early and wake up early to do the work in the home because they have much light in the morning.

Hmmm... Electric outage ? I dont even remember when the electricity was even gone last time :D (Lucky me). Its very hard without electric.

Well, I get really pissed off! And whine alot! Then I would be calling the electric company until they give me answers. It is not that I am impatient, what kind of place would have electricity being cut off all the time?

At first, I would lose my temper because I spend a lot of my free time on the computer. Though about an hour later or so, I would start playing on my PSP, and my iTouch. Then the rest of the day I would find a book to read till I fall asleep on my bed (though I tend to finish the book and if its a series, I might be up for a day or two to finish it). If that doesn't work, then looking through photo albums, and biking around the neighborhood. Though it seems you enjoyed your day without no electricity. xD

Having no electricity is not much of a problem althought it ruins the lifestyle of soooo many people, haha, who wouldnt agree with that? Well, i keep in store a few magazines to read just in case there is a brownout. I also keep a backup electric lamp that you can charge when there is electricity and use when there is a power shortage, it comes useful especially during the night when i read the magazines. Another thing, our water supplies will run out it our electricity goes out, so i usually store up our pails with water whenever we lose electricity. Another thing i do when we lose electricity is use my cellphone and have fun SMSing others or play games on a portable gaming device like a PSP.

I hate when thats happen..it is soo true that we are all electric... i usually will go out to the mall or library..i will go to places that have a wire socket and free wireless..one day without the internet my life just feel incomplete

Here in India we are facing a terrible power crisis. There is no electricity every day at fixed time, at some places for 6 hours, 8 hours, and 12 hours. At my place, there is power cut for 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening. We had to manage with UPS. Last week I had to replace the battery. After few days, the UPS conked off. I had another spare UPS. There was power fluctuation and this had burnt down my spare UPS too. I went and bought a new UPS. It worked fine for a day. Next day I woke up early at five in the morning because I knew there would be no electricity at six. Suddenly the voltage shot up to 300 and everything was in darkness. My New UPS was burnt down again. Together with it my two spike guards, two mobile chargers, my speaker too were burnt. I am now waiting for the service personal to replace the UPS. Today I woke up again because there will be no electricity after six for three hours. When there is no electricity, I try to surf through my mobile. During day I read newspapers or simply go back to sleep. Our politicians are claiming that soon turn into super power but right now the common man is reeling under the super power cut.