If we didn't have electricity or had a blackout....

Would you be able to cope without electricity?

  • No, it wouldn't effect me at all, heck, what's a few hours without it?

    Votes: 7 22.6%

  • No, because I can use candles and flashlights!

    Votes: 8 25.8%

  • Yes, it would bother me some.

    Votes: 12 38.7%

  • Yes, I'd be totally 'lost' and 'helpless'!! (no computer!)

    Votes: 7 22.6%

  • I wouldn't care because I have a generator, etc.

    Votes: 3 9.7%
  • Total voters
    31
It's good for some people that need a break from the computer when there's a black out. :mrgreen: So, you folks need to spend the time together with your family rather than spendin' your time on the computer. If, supposedly there's a black out here, I wouldn't freak out for not able to use the computer. Paper and pen are the best than the computer. Take papers and pen (or it could be cards or whateva) outside and write sumfin' to someone else who you love or care for. Make that person to FEEL your letter and make it REAL for that person to read rather than the computer. Computer itself is a platonic feeling. It's why it's so important to spend your quality time with the family, no matter if, there's a black out or not. Same idea with bad weathers (earthquakes, floods, storms..etc., etc.). Computer is unhealthy in some ways... IMO! :) I really enjoy my REAL life rather than enjoyin' my computer. ;)
 
We had a fierce ice/snow storm raging for two weeks last Dec/Jan. I lost electricity for most part and went ballistic.

I cannot fathom how folks survived without electricity back then! Kudos to them for going through that!
 
After Hurricane Hugo, our whole community was without electricity for weeks. Even with battery radios, all the local radio and TV stations were knocked off the air, so we got all our news from out of state. No stores, restaurants, or gas stations open for weeks. No traffic lights, no water (including toilets flushing), roads blocked with fallen trees.

Yes, I am prepared for a blackout, no problem. Every hurricane season, we prepare. We keep containers for water, non-perishable food, paper plates and cups, batteries, flashlights, propane gas for the grill, tarps for roof leaks, extra chainsaw chain, extra medications, etc.
 
Tousi said:
Problem is the city property; who'd watch it? Crimes of all sorts happen in a situation like this, especially if it was prolonged....
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After Hurricane Hugo, police Chief Reuben Greenberg stated, anyone attempting to loot will be shot. There was NO looting, even though there was no electricity for weeks.
We also had the National Guard troops come in for security and to enforce a dusk to dawn curfew. It was weird having fulling dressed out and armed guardsman patrolling our streets, like another country.
 
I voted yes, it would bother me some....because unfortunately, today's population are TOO spoiled and reliant on electricity and technology. Our surivival insticnts has shrivelled and just about gone out of our systems....which means we don't really remember how to fend for ourselves and so forth.
What I mean is that in the cave men time -- they had NO electricity nor any of today's technology. They had to learn how to manage things without electricity and to store food they caught -- you know what I mean, hey? :P
 
WaterRats13 said:
I voted yes, it would bother me some....because unfortunately, today's population are TOO spoiled and reliant on electricity and technology. Our surivival insticnts has shrivelled and just about gone out of our systems....which means we don't really remember how to fend for ourselves and so forth.
What I mean is that in the cave men time -- they had NO electricity nor any of today's technology. They had to learn how to manage things without electricity and to store food they caught -- you know what I mean, hey? :P
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We may know only about using candles to get around in the dark -- but WHAT IF electricity's gone FOREVER and never come back on???? I reckon we'll see some sort of panic surge everywhere and trying to get the electricity working again.

I know this may be a bit unrealistc, but hey...never know! :D
 
i vote "yea" cuz of foods going bad, no phone (if emerncy from family), need bath (hot), ofc can make love while no electricity! hehehehe!!! well, some college students or office need the computer for report or homework!!!!
 
It wouldn't bother me. I grew up in a tiny village in the lost countryside, and our house was made prior to 1900s. It ran on a different kind of electric system (not circuit breaker, but glass fuses). Every time we had a bad storm, or an overload in the system all of a sudden, the whole house would go out. My mother would light her hurricane lamps and candles and we would play games and such.

Later on, dad converted the old system to a modern circuit breaker system, and it was much better. Less interruptions in the electricity for the house. The only problem is that our heater runs on electricity, so if the electrical services is out, the house becomes real cold in the wintertime. Summerwise, it can be a pain without air conditioning in humid South Jersey.

Now that I live in Utah, I have become used to the ongoing electrical failures within the city of Salt Lake. Sometimes I come to traffic lights that are not working, and we take the 4 ways stop stance. The only time that I can remember when we had power failure for a long time was this past Christmas, when mother earth decided to dump about 3 feet of snow on Christmas Day. However, the failure occurred when we were asleep so that's good.

The only thing that would bother me is, like a few other people here, worrying about my food going bad and not being able to contact with anyone. Thankfully for SK.
 
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