Power outage - what do you do?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Power outage - what do you do?

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:30:27 PM EDT

What do you do when the power drops out?

Its Texas, 100* at 10am this morning (or damn near 100 at that time) and the power shuts off. The power company had some major malfunction and didn't come back online until 5pm or so tonight.
Somehow, through all those hours the temperature only rose to 85* inside, so it wasn't too bad.

What do you do when this happens?

Me, well I sat around wondering WTF to do for a bit, then drove around for lunch, then went to the pool. Apartment living sucks, can't go outside and do some yard work, or work on anything really. Can't read ARFcom, no TV, no A/C !!!, etc. It really makes you think about how lucky you are to have such amenities.

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:00:08 PM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Wire the generator in and proceed as per usual.

Amen! You forgot to say point and laugh at the neighbor's.

Yes, that's important, also.

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:05:44 PM EDT

[#2]

Oh, I forgot, I did disassemble and clean my 1911, again... and wiped down the AR.

No movies, the town was down on power in most places.

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:29:26 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
What do you do when the power drops out?

Lock 'n load.

Why, what do you do???

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:33:16 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Go to the range.
If hungry, slap a steak on the grill. Enjoy beer before getting warm.

Great plan right there, living in texas as well you've probably got a pool in your apartment complex as it is present in a vast majority of community living areas

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:43:43 PM EDT

[#5]

Mmmmm Beer!

must drink before it gets hot!

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:47:21 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Drink water.

I wouldn't bother with the generator.

+1

After Iraq, nothing seems too hot anymore.

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:48:30 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Wire the generator in and proceed as per usual.

Amen! You forgot to say point and laugh at the neighbor's.

this is the answer

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:54:19 PM EDT

[#8]

Fire up the generator.

Posted: 8/12/2007 7:56:59 PM EDT

[#9]

Curl up in the fetal position and shit my pants!

I usually take a drive somewhere, or go run errands until it's back on. Sometimes it leads to a gun purchase.

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:22:24 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
What do you do when the power drops out?

Open the fridge, grab a cold one, and chill.

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:24:20 PM EDT

[#11]

Not the cheapest route, but you could check into a hotel where the power is on.

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:32:20 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Fire up the generator.

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:33:53 PM EDT

[#13]

Blame Bush.

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:34:40 PM EDT

[#14]

Sit around and sing "Kum-Ba-Ya."

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:35:22 PM EDT

[#15]

go to the range

if its at night, sleep

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:40:26 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Wire the generator in and proceed as per usual.

Amen! You forgot to say point and laugh at the neighbor's.

Unfortunately, I can't do that. My neighbor has a whole-house Generac unit that kicks in automatically. He laughs at me while I drag my genny out of the garage and hook it up to the transfer switch. THEN we point and laugh at the other neighbors.

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:44:00 PM EDT

[#17]

Grab torches, pitchforks, get neighbors, start looting.

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:48:09 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
STAMPEDE!!!!!!!!!

Edited
to "stampede"

Posted: 8/12/2007 8:51:06 PM EDT

[#19]

I don't care if the power goes out.

I'll go to the back porch and read a book while petting the dogs.

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