Have you ever been Stuck at home during a power cut at night in winter? What did you do?
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We used to get loads when we were younger. We would take flasks of hot water to our neighbours and invite them over for dinner as we were the only people with a gas cooker.
play monopoly
I had a power cut the first time I decided to sit down and watch most haunted live a couple of years ago. I was all alone and it scared the life out of me as it literally just started. I just put on some candles and read a book until the leccy came back on.
lets see i played cards, monopoly, and twister which was hilarious since we couldn't see the dots really well.
go to bed early with a good book and a torch!!
Had a roaring fire, lit some candles and drank red wine.
Built a fire in the wood burning stove, lit a Aldan lamp and read.
Yes, but only for about 4 hours. You begin to realize how much you rely on electric. We had to dig out the torches and listen to the battery powered radio. Fortunately it was late, so we all went to bed early (around 11pm)
Turned on the portable tv/radio and lit candles. Ate all perishables. Enjoyed talking to my daughter, who didn't dare go out.
Make sure you have a heavy, warm comforter in your bed, and snuggle up to your loved onces. That what we have done in the past. Bed time stories and listening to the wind or the noices outside. Very relaxing atmosphere.
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light candles and snugle up under the duvet with my husband.
Lit candles and started a fire to keep the house warm granted i was in Cali and out winter only got to like 40
ate toast cooked against my gas fire then went to bed with an extra duvet
also worked when i was skint
We built a wood fire in the fireplace, light a lot of oil lanterns, and candles. We played games with the kids. We cooked dinner outside on the grill.
We slept on the floor in sleeping bags near the fireplace.
Now we have a generator.
grabbed a bottle of single malt and a chess board..
war by candlelight. quite romantic...
I had my little children in bed with me and we kept warm.We went for supper to our local arena where the S.army served meals.
I am pretty prepared because it happens here at least twice a year. We keep tons of batteries, flashlights. If it is earlier we bundle up and play flashlight tag outside. If the moon is out we look through the telescope. I usually cook dinner on the grill(only outside) and we eat by candlelight. We use the camping dishes to make hot coco and roast marshmellow, we play Yahtzee, cards, listen to music and then when it is time to go to bed we all get in our king bed (including the dog and cat)and put all the blankets on the bed and snuggle,giggle, read, and tell stories. You just make the best of the situation. Sometimes it goes down in our best time ever list.
Yes, went to bed!
stuck in a house in the scottish highlands with no power for 7 days and no water for 4 days ,me the wife and three kids all camped in the living but i cooked everything on the fire from chips to pasta and a full cooked breakfast toast tea coffee anything you can cook on a hob i managed on an open fire and when the power did eventually come back on we kind of missed cooking on the fire,but not for long cos its hard to do a sunday roast on an open fire lol
yes it happened to me then lo and behold nine months later i had a daughter, strange or what.
Phone the power company, so that know your power is out. If they don't know where the outages are, they can't do anything about it. Turn off optional electric devices so you don't blow a breaker when they can power you up again, but leave SOMETHING on, so you realize it when the power comes back on.
Draw all the drapes, so you lose minimal heat out the windows. You may want to pile clothes against the base of the doors if there is a draft.
Put on long underwear and a sweater, light a coal-oil lamp (if you don't have one, candles will do) and set up the card table. Card games work well, and board games do, too, but there's not enough light to do jigsaw puzzles.
Don't open the freezer or refrigerator door, because it may be the next day or even longer before the power comes back on, and you don't want the food to go bad.
If you have your own water system, don't flush the toilet, and don't use the hot water; you'll want to use what little water pressure you have for drinking water.
Leave your clothes on, and get out all your blankets. A couple of hours later, you may want to shed some blankets because you are overheating.
Snuggling can be fun - and hazardous. Did you know September is a popular month for giving birth?
And reading a book is good, but avoid Agatha Christie. You don't want any more chills and goosebumps.
fire up the wood stove and light some candles...then bust out the wine. Try not to open the fridge/Freezer too much as it will loose the cold faster. then just wait it out
Went to bed.
First, kept a big fire going in the living room fireplace. Next, turned on the gas burners on the kitchen stove. Two rooms stayed close to 50F for several hours until the power was back on.
I know this may sound silly but I used to worry about the power going off so I bought a generator. If you want something to do though, try an ouija board. They make ones that glow in the dark. They make all kinds of eletronics that run on battery like radios, and televisions. I also have an old wind up 78 record player and that's great to listen to those old songs on a cold winter evening.
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