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Defraction · 12th May 2008, 09:17 AM

The electricity and phone lines went down on my street for about 20 mins or so.

I WAS DEVASTATED.

Just goes to show how much I take electricity for granted... my god, everything I do needs electricity to run. Apart from homework of course... *cough*

Anyone had a similar experience?

Alex · 12th May 2008, 09:19 AM

I was on vacation once... on some Danish island in a summerhouse... i told everyone we should not watch TV all evening.. the power went out and guess who was moaning? ye me lol :'(

Kenko · 12th May 2008, 02:17 PM

We had a hurricane come through here 4.5 years ago and our house was without power for 60 hours or so. I wasn't panicking too much about no computer / TV. What was annoying was the spoiled food in the fridge and the cold water showers.

Since then we purchased an inverter for camping, and once (at home) the power went out for ~12 hours following a tropical storm, so we hooked the inverter up to a car battery to run the DSL modem, and ran the laptops off battery. It certainly was nice to still be able to stay in touch / get updates.

Though it's funny how often the power goes out and all your reasons for not doing homework disappear.

Hepcat · 12th May 2008, 02:59 PM

Well here is NZ we usually get a black outs during the winter... usually not for very long but they are annoying. The longest I can remember lasted for 6 hours. Usually I just read a book (but when it's in the evening it is sooooo aggravating).

Jeimuzu · 12th May 2008, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Defraction

The electricity and phone lines went down on my street for about 20 mins or so.

I WAS DEVASTATED.

Just goes to show how much I take electricity for granted... my god, everything I do needs electricity to run. Apart from homework of course... *cough*

Anyone had a similar experience?

My homework needs power too.

I'm doing a computer science course at teesside uni, so yeah... can't really not use computers.

Miaplacidus · 12th May 2008, 06:24 PM

On August 23th, 2005, a true hurricane affected Uruguay. Lots of trees fell in Atlantida and one of those cut off the power line which serves my house (and basically only my house) so I ended up being without power for a week. It sucked big time. Showering was the worst problem, as it was winter and it was really cold, doing it with cold water wasn't exactly fun.

simon · 12th May 2008, 07:32 PM

worst time there has been a power cut was while i was doing a computing course so we couldn't do our work but we did get to go home.
i tend to read a book of go for a long walk somewhere and not care about a thing

12th May 2008, 09:17 AM	#1
Defraction Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Everyone :) Location: England Age: 19 Posts: 203 Join Date: Feb 2008	Lectrickerick The electricity and phone lines went down on my street for about 20 mins or so. I WAS DEVASTATED. Just goes to show how much I take electricity for granted... my god, everything I do needs electricity to run. Apart from homework of course... cough Anyone had a similar experience?
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12th May 2008, 09:19 AM	#2
Alex EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Denmark Age: 20 Posts: 574 Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: Lectrickerick I was on vacation once... on some Danish island in a summerhouse... i told everyone we should not watch TV all evening.. the power went out and guess who was moaning? ye me lol :'(

12th May 2008, 02:17 PM	#3
Kenko EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few friends + parents Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 1,407 Join Date: Jan 2007	Re: Lectrickerick We had a hurricane come through here 4.5 years ago and our house was without power for 60 hours or so. I wasn't panicking too much about no computer / TV. What was annoying was the spoiled food in the fridge and the cold water showers. Since then we purchased an inverter for camping, and once (at home) the power went out for ~12 hours following a tropical storm, so we hooked the inverter up to a car battery to run the DSL modem, and ran the laptops off battery. It certainly was nice to still be able to stay in touch / get updates. Though it's funny how often the power goes out and all your reasons for not doing homework disappear.

12th May 2008, 02:59 PM	#4
Hepcat EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few people Location: New Zealand Age: 22 Posts: 314 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: Lectrickerick Well here is NZ we usually get a black outs during the winter... usually not for very long but they are annoying. The longest I can remember lasted for 6 hours. Usually I just read a book (but when it's in the evening it is sooooo aggravating).

12th May 2008, 06:24 PM	#6
Miaplacidus Cheshire Cat Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gayer than not Out Status: Everyone who asks Location: Atlantida, Uruguay Age: 22 Posts: 5,080 Join Date: Feb 2007	Re: Lectrickerick On August 23th, 2005, a true hurricane affected Uruguay. Lots of trees fell in Atlantida and one of those cut off the power line which serves my house (and basically only my house) so I ended up being without power for a week. It sucked big time. Showering was the worst problem, as it was winter and it was really cold, doing it with cold water wasn't exactly fun. __________________ We are all mad here.

12th May 2008, 07:32 PM	#7
simon Well Known Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: paraparaumu, new zealand Age: 22 Posts: 192 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: Lectrickerick worst time there has been a power cut was while i was doing a computing course so we couldn't do our work but we did get to go home. i tend to read a book of go for a long walk somewhere and not care about a thing