zylphryx |
So I was kicking back watching Netflix and the power in my neighborhood went out (and man does my neighborhood go dark).
Can't really read (no decent light ... And I will not light a dozen candles to perhaps be able to do so), the cellphone has an 80% charge, so I should be good for Internet for a bit (but don't want to eat through all my data in one evening, so Netflix is out). It is still relatively early so I suppose I could go out for and hour or so, but was not really planning to do it and hate to hit a bar solo anyway.
So I am posting to Paizo and wondering what other folks do when the world has gone dark.
Dread Pyrite LeChunk |
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First, check to see if Maria Bamford is standing by your home's exterior power panel/hookup with cut wires in her hands. If you see her there, you have been marathoning too many episodes of Lady Dynamite and are dreaming/hallucinating.
Secondly, you should light at least two candles, possibly more. If it is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
zylphryx |
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Forgot about the grue threat, but I do have matches, so I should be OK.
Will probably pick up a battery powered laters tomorrow (only place open right now with that kind of thing would be Walmart).
It is too early to sleep (and getting warm inside as well since the ceiling fans are just sitting there not spinning).
Might hop in the car and drive the area to see if I can spot the cause of this outage (most likely someone hopped a curb and hit a relay box or some such).
grimdog73 |
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I actually have a headlamp by my chair in case the power goes out here, as I live in the basement and there are no windows in the main room. I can at least read when the power goes out. I also have one of those little power units that can charge a cell phone, just in case the outage is extended. i sometimes just play solitaire or listen to music on my mp3 player.
Lord Snow |
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We have flashlights. Last time here was a darkout, I grabbed a bunch of old toys (Dinosaurs, animals, model buildings, knights and soldiers, etc.) and found a clear section of a white wall. Hence commenced my famous "Shadow show of the apocalypse" which was a ton of fun for a couple of hours. Also, pro tip: if you have a dog, lighting them from below will cast the most terrifying forms on your ceiling ;)
Jiggy RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 |
NobodysHome |
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Although my parents were definitely in the "upper middle class" range, they had an obsession with "rustic" cabins that bordered on the psychotic...
So as kids, we were absolutely accustomed to the announcement, "A slight breeze has knocked out the generator! No power for the rest of the night!"
You would be amazed at what you can do by candlelight. Two candles is plenty for a group of four kids to play Monopoly together...
...that is, of course, until NobodysHome's elder sibling leaned forward so he could read the mortgage value of Kentucky Avenue. As he leaned back, all of us gazed in wonder as his 1980's-style hair was lit like a candle itself, burning brightly as Elder Sibling sat there, oblivious.
We all started laughing uproariously, because, as everyone knows, serious bodily injury is utterly hilarious when applied to other people. Once we convinced him that his hair was, indeed, afire, he reached up to prove the contrary... and burned his hand as a reward.
He panicked a bit, smacked his hair quite a bit, and finally extinguished the conflagration.
But I will never forget Monopoly by the candlelight and the stench of burning 1980's hair...
zylphryx |
You know, I've thought about picking up a hand crank radio for a while. Should definitely look into that. Any recommendation as far as brand goes?
Oh, and the power came back on around 330am. I know this because I got the requested phone call at that time ... Did not think about calling back to cancel it before I crashed for the first time last night.
Jah Love Dragon Yesterday |
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Jiggy wrote:there is a vast gulf between cy's mundane rutting and my nubian carnal escapades.Freehold DM wrote:Time for intimate, erotic adventures.Wait, didn't captain yesterday already suggest that?
Why use many words, when one word will do.
And my wife will tell you, I'm anything but mundane. :-)
Freehold DM |
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Freehold DM wrote:Jiggy wrote:there is a vast gulf between cy's mundane rutting and my nubian carnal escapades.Freehold DM wrote:Time for intimate, erotic adventures.Wait, didn't captain yesterday already suggest that?Why use many words, when one word will do.
And my wife will tell you, I'm anything but mundane. :-)
many things once believed to be wonderous are revealed to be quite mundane in the shadow of my passage.
Drahliana Moonrunner |
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You know, I've thought about picking up a hand crank radio for a while. Should definitely look into that. Any recommendation as far as brand goes?
With Radio Shack down the tubes, you're not going to be swimming in choices. You might want to get one that you can use to charge your cellphone with as well. If you want quality or self assurance go with the brand that has the Red Cross certification.
DungeonmasterCal |
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I enjoy the silence and darkness. I'm something of a nyctophiliac and love the night and darkness, so it's actually quite relaxing for me. I have LED flashlights at different places in my house, so I just use the cellphone to find and keep one of those handy so that I don't use up cellphone battery lighting the area if necessary.
Treppa |
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My ex and I were watching a documentary about Bill Gates one night when the power went out. I was lying on the floor and he was lying on the couch. When the lights went out, we simply didn't move and dropped right off...
... only to be rudely awakened three hours later when all the lights blazed on and the TV, which had a weird quirk about sound, blared ON AT FULL VOLUME!!!
Took 10 years off my life, I swear.
Pillbug Toenibbler |
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Jah Love Dragon Yesterday wrote:many things once believed to be wonderous are revealed to be quite mundane in the shadow of my passage.Freehold DM wrote:Jiggy wrote:there is a vast gulf between cy's mundane rutting and my nubian carnal escapades.Freehold DM wrote:Time for intimate, erotic adventures.Wait, didn't captain yesterday already suggest that?Why use many words, when one word will do.
And my wife will tell you, I'm anything but mundane. :-)
{puts on Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses to slightly reduce Nubian Manliness levels, waits for previously-overloaded eyeballs to adjust} Hmmm, maybe there's a job opening for a new Empyreal Lord... :)
DungeonmasterCal |
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Read HP Lovecraft or Clark Ashton Smith with an inadequate light source.
Panic.
This happened to me at a radio station I once worked at. I worked the over night shift and was reading Lovecraft for the first time and a storm knocked out the power. Every creak and bump and moaning of the wind kept me very, very alert.
Rennaivx |
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Limeylongears wrote:This happened to me at a radio station I once worked at. I worked the over night shift and was reading Lovecraft for the first time and a storm knocked out the power. Every creak and bump and moaning of the wind kept me very, very alert.Read HP Lovecraft or Clark Ashton Smith with an inadequate light source.
Panic.
Off topic, but related: When my sister and stepsister were watching The Ring for the first time, a torrential downpour started outside right as the cabin in the movie began flooding. They could barely finish watching it.
Cole Deschain |
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Up here in Alaska, we often suffer power outages, sometimes several days in length- back in '92, we went for a solid week with no power...
My Top Ten Things To Do When the Power Goes Out in the Winter (summer'sso bright you basically have all the light you need):
1. Go outside to sponge up some sunlight. Harder to achieve in winter, but also more worthwhile.
2. Curse, spit, and start a fire in the woodstove- a lot of the time it has a fire going anyway, but when in doubt...
3. Sharpen your tools- chainsaws, axes, kitchen knives, whatever, all of them get less love than they deserve,and all of them can be sharpened without having the power on.
4. Sing. In the dark.
5. Light some candles. Read.
6. Haul water in case the outage is a long one.
7. Turn off a few circuit breakers, just in case the power coming back on is more than the system can handle right away.
8. Tell creepy stories.
9. Play solitaire by candlelight.
10. Write a letter by candlelight. People flip out when they get 'em these days, so...
11. Raid the neighbors. It's fun! Sometimes they have nifty things to set on fire!
"Other Darrin" Kobold Cleaver |
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Cole Deschain wrote:RIOT!!! BURN EVERYTHING!!!11. Raid the neighbors. It's fun! Sometimes they have nifty things to set on fire!
.
Burninating the subdivision,Burninating all the neighbors,
Burninating the Homeowners' Association,
And their heavy-handed bylaws!
HEAVY-HANDED BYLAWS!
thegreenteagamer |
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Read HP Lovecraft or Clark Ashton Smith with an inadequate light source.
Panic.
...Because Lovecraft is such a bad writer and you committed to read his hackneyed drivel. That would make me panic, certainly.
Good world or myth design alone is NOT good writing. Readability matters. See also Greenwood.
Jiggy RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 |
Walter White 206 |
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what do we do when the power's out *hums*
Nothing But Thieves my new favourite band, they are amazing! Wake Up Call is a brilliant song. lyric 5/5!