Power went out today.........by me.

[Ponce]

Power went out about 6 pm and came back on a few minutes ago........me? no problem.......walked about three feet and turned on one of my Coleman's one mantle lamp, placed it by my chair and started to read a good book.....................I have five of them at different location around the house......you should do the same, or at least have some candles and matches around the house ready to go.

[Son-of-Liberty]

Sounds like a good idea to me. I keep a headlamp next to the bed within easy reach. Even if I am not in my room when the power goes out it is easy to find because it is out and not put away.

[Cebu_4_2]

power went out here yesterday at 4:11pm, didnt come back on until 3:55am, I would like to see whats going on with the power grid. A live site with maps would be something to really check out. I doubt there is anything publicly available though.

[General of Darkness]

Ponce was this you?

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[Neuro]

Ponce was this you?

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Hmmm... General of DARKNESS you realize you are a prime suspect don't you?

[Ponce]

Heheheheheheh Neuro, thinking the same.........that must be HIS daddy.

[Dogman]

Keep flashlights in every room in know places, then depending how long the power maybe out, act accordantly stay on battery or crank the gen set.

[zusn]

It's hard for me to keep flashlights handy since the kids love to mess with them and lose them. My house has a pretty open layout and I do have an emergency light that is good enough to get me to my oil lamps. I have a good battery backup for my computer equipment, so internet and phone stays up for as long as I want. A whole house standby generator is next on my list though. Don't want to lose the food in the freezer during and extended power outage. Also, I would like to be able to run the furnace since I don't have a backup heat source.

[1970 silver art]

I thought that the power was going to go off where I was at today with the numorous thunderstorms that we had for a large part of today but the power stayed on during the day. If the power ended up going out while I was at home, the I would just use a flashlight.

[Shorty Harris]

The power has gone out here 3-4 times since midnight. last time for about 25 mins, just came back on at 0800 eastern. The time before that was almost an hour. Starting at about 0430 est. Also a couple of times since midnight the times before that. The power gestapo has no clue as to the reason.

Strange days lie ahead my friends.