What do you do during a power outage?

[Insider]

Poll question: What do you do during a power outage?

we just had 2+ hours.

[k in IA]

1. You forgot the #1 - Sex. There are lots of babies born 9 months

after a power outage.

[Insider]

5. LOL COMPLETELY forgot!

(not gettin any...) didn't even cross my mind.

here's to you! :toast:

[Deja Q]

12. Yup, I'm up for sex too!

Ain't nobody around so I have to look up my old timely friend, Henry R. Hand...

[3trievers]

2. other

Adult entertainment.

[Endangered Specie]

16. What if all that 'entertainment' is on a computer?

[Blue-Jay]

3. I just kinda sit around and wait for the power to come back on.

Yeah. I'm boring like that.

[Robb]

4. Where's the option for

..."keep flipping light switches and muttering 'oh, yeah' a dozen times or so during the outage"? :D

[Insider]

7. that's the first 20 minutes

"guess i'll watch just tv"
"guess i'll do some laundry"
"guess i'll check DU"

it sinks in eventually.

[MikeG]

6. Call my fax machine at my office. If I get a beep, I go there.

[Champion Jack]

8. Turn on my generator

and do ...what ever

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. Revel in the quiet

Appliances make a lot of racket!

I peeked at your profile and noticed that you're in MD. I'm near College Park. I was at a grocery store in Bowie with my little boy when the storm hit at about 5 pm. I was frightened when I looked out the storefront window...it looked like a tornado sky. We saw some incredible lightning activity too. I told my son to stay close, because I had visions of a collapsed roof.

When we got to the checkout, it had been pouring for a good 15 minutes. It continued pouring for another 10 minutes after that. We just waited inside the store, since I wouldn't have had enough visibility to drive safely anyway. Besides, the lightning was fierce!

[Insider]

15. it was about the same yesterday too

dark, dark skies and lightning GALORE

(harford county here)

[SarahB]

10. We had a power outage yesterday for a couple hours.

It was, "Ah, I'd better hurry up and order take out. The monsters are hungry and the last thing I need is a revolt." :scared:

[bigwillq]

11. Other: I'm going with sex as well

Then having a cigarette and drinking beer.

Hide and go seek would also be fun in the dark.

[AndyTiedye]

13. Fire up the Generator

When a tree falls on the powerlines in the forest, does it make a sound?

[notadmblnd]

14. fire up the generator, hit the transfer switch and

carry on. One of the best investments so far.

[thatgemguy]

17. Generator here too...

Fire it up and watch TV.

I live in a rural area and lose electric often. I know if the interuptions are widespead, my area is a low priority for the electric company to restore.

Last year, in the middle of the night during a snow storm, a fuse blew out on the pole and only my house and two other neighbors were affected. I reported the problem, and when the repairman showed up he was a bit confused because we had lights and were watching TV.

We live in an area prone to flooding, so it's nice to be able to run the sump pump if the powers out too!!

Best investment I've made.... :thumbsup:

[notadmblnd]

18. I live in a fairly urban area

and up until bush was installed in the Whitehouse, I hadn't lost power in over 20 years. Since 2001 I can't count the times I've lost power. Last spring it was out for over a week. My husband caught pneumonia after that and was hospitalized with it 3 times before he died. I took some of the insurance money and had the generator and transfer switch installed.

I think the power company is indirectly responsible for his death though I could never prove it in court. All I can say is, I hope these M-F'ers that run and manipulate the power companies get to wake up someday and find the person they love, lying next to them dead in their sleep.

[Skittles]

19. eat everything in my fridge

YES INDEED

[TX-RAT]

20. Fire up the generator

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. other

listen to the radio (on battery power) and play "shadow monsters" with Ian. I also read or draw by candle light. Board games used to be the solution before Ian was born, but he isn't ready for scrabble with me and mom yet.

[LynneSin]

22. no sex? What kind of dumb DU poll is this???

[Insider]

23. see post #5

still working on my DU Poll degree. this is the practical exercise. i hope to turn pro one day, like the greats.

maybe i need a tutor :shrug:

[Khephra]

24. Light a candle and read

Usually something creepy or occult. It fits the mood.

[Commendatori]

25. Does no one have a radio?

Turning on the radio is the first thing I do. If I've got female company, sex is a good option, but I want to see if a tornado is heading my way (I live in stormwatch central).

[MissMillie]

26. Cribbage, Trivial Pursuit

Monopoly, Clue... and cooking outside on the grill.