The power was just out here from 3:30 until about 4:30 pm. I hate it when the power goes out. I was in the middle of doing something on the computer – just about to publish a post in fact and boom … out goes the power.
For a while we seemed to have several short power outages each month, but it’s been pretty good over the last year … well except for that transformer that blew up in January that was just across from the hospital that’s just down the street from us. That caused the power to be out for about two hours.
At least we have a gas stove and a barbecue so if the power had been out for a long time we still would have been able to cook. Actually if was out for a few hours we’d probably have to cook as we have a lot of food in the freezer that would be thawing! LOL
While the power was out I was BORED. I couldn’t do any work on the computer or watch TV so I thought I’d go into my backyard and take some photos of the flowers that are currently blooming. Only problem was that my neighbors were in the driveway and their backyard BBQ’ing and talking loudly. I like quite when I’m taking nature photos so I ended up just staying inside with the dog and reading a magazine.
I have the news on now and I’m trying to find out what caused the power to go out, but it doesn’t look like they’re going to talk about it.
Does the power go out in your area every so often? For short periods or hours at a time? What do you do when the power goes out?
This past Wednesday, there was a storm moving through at night. I had gone to bed just after I put my son to bed. And can you believe it I was asleep before 9:00 and slept through the storm and power outage.
The last MAJOR outage was, as you heard on your side of the lake, was the BIG storm of February 12. That was the day of the storm, where that night the plane crashed as it was approaching the Buffalo airport. We were one of the major towns effected when a tree fell on a transformer pole and knocked it down, thereby knocking out power instantly to about 1500 households in our area. That day all across the state there were upwards of 30,000 households without power. That day, the power went off around 6 am. AND it was freezing. It was off for a good 13 hours, back on for one hour, then back off for a couple more. We dressed in layers. Ended up taking some of the refrig stuff outside onto the porch to keep cold. Put some things in bags and in the snow. YES seriously.
Then there was the October surprise storm of 2006 where some places just nearby lost power for about a week. We were spared that time.
We’ve had power outages around here, mostly a couple of hours or less. Usually we unplug the computers, satelite tv, etc. And just ‘hunker’ down till the storm blows over.
Growing up in another state, we had power outages often. We’d fill the bathtub, extra pails, and jugs with water so we could have water. We lived WAY out in the country, and it often was difficult for the power crews to find the cause.
What to do during the outage: depends on the season. The above mentioned February storm…we crowded into the kitchen dressed in coats, mittens, etc, and hubby boiled water to warm that room a little.
If its summer, we could go outside on the porch, relax. Winter time, its mostly huddling to keep warm.