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All it takes is a blackout to realize how much we rely on electricity. What's your most memorable story from a power outage?

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[info]rowanda380 Writer's Block: Lights Out
Me and my family were on a vacation and we were right outside of a national park out west (I can't remember which one). Anyways we were actually in the restaraunt having a big fight (we get stressed
 
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[info]caterwolime Writer's Block: Lights Out


I usually sleep during, or through these events, so...


:P
 
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[info]ibonedakoala Writer's Block: Lights Out
Christ, My most memorable power outtage was probably summer of 2006. I was over my best friend at the time's house. And the power went out. Her mom was drunk, like always. We had a flash light with li
 
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[info]marsobscura Writer's Block: Lights Out
Can't say that it's an actual good memory, but I haven't had many memorable power outages, so this is the best I could pull up.
Ok, so, I was about 4-ish - somewhere around there.
All I can
 
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[info]remisims Writer's Block: Lights Out
Oh, deary me.

I remember, I was 11.

Sitting in my room, with my heater and TV on. It was about 9 O'clock. When Everything just went black.

I have a phobia of silent dark.. It's a buggar.

I screamed a
 
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[info]poterryanaya Вопрос дня: Тушите свет

Я выросла в славном маленьком городке, где постоянно на всем экономилли. Отключали и горячую воду и отопление, и свет естественно тоже. На неделю в определенные часы один раон, потом другой. Очень удо
 
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[info]vasball26 Writer's Block: Lights Out
Well, it was my best friend's birthday. Me and someone else were sleeping over her house. We stayed up until 6, we drove out to look for pizza at like midnight, the one friend stole my phone and texte
 
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[info]kimiko_utami Writer's Block: Lights Out
i remeber when i was like 9 or around that age there was a huge poweroutage for like a weeks or sunthin i remeber eatin icecream and staring at the stars and playing outside with one of m best friends
 
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[info]xcreepycrawler Writer's Block: Lights Out



I've got two.
First one idk how old I was, but mom and I had to use the stove and the lanterns she's got to keep warm and have light, it was actually a great night.

Next was, I was at work and the pow
 
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[info]icerainbow01 Writer's Block: Lights Out
ohhhh, it was about 5 years ago,well me and friends were hanging out watching movies and just chillin' when all of a sudden the power goes out and it starts rainging, all my friends and i got scared a
 
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[info]sun_flowerss Writer's Block: Lights Out
One time, my sister and I were babysitting our little cousins when the power went out.  We stumbled around the house for a few minutes looking for a candle and matches.  We finally found a c
 
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[info]vaslittlecrow Writer's Block: Lights Out
There was a major blackout in Moorhead, MN back in the 1990's.  There was no electricity for three days because the buried power lines were cut..  Refrigerated food went to rot.  ATM&nb
 
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[info]aminahlovespatd Writer's Block: Lights Out
There was a really big blackout on our street one night. This was during the time the Australian Open was broadcasting and my sister and I really wanted to watch the semi final. It was about 6-7pmish.
 
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[info]sakara75 Writer's Block: Lights Out



i remember staying at my friends house which was in the welsh forest nr Newport.. It snowed REALLY badly and i got stuck there for 3 days...luckily the house heating was controlled by the Arga cooker
 
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[info]earendilgrey Writer's Block: Lights Out
Mine had to be back in May when the storm hit So IL. No power for a week almost. Major suckage. But that first night when everyone was still freaking out and everyone was out BBQing to get rid of
 

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