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NutmegYankee

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12. Looting won't happen. I've been through a week without power in summer.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 09:31 PM

Jun 2012

Society still holds together. Traffic lights that are dark become defacto stop signs. Businesses open on generators. People come outside or sit together over candle lights and talk/bitch about the power companies and other topics. I boiled water on a single burner camp stove and made coffee for my neighbors and sweetened it with condensed milk while we killed time chatting in a quiet living room.

My entire town was out of power for 7 days last summer (thanks Irene ), with many on well water and needing to fill buckets at fire stations so that they could flush toilets. We survived. DC will as well.

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A taste of third world living [View all] Stinky The Clown Jun 2012 OP

The S.F. bay area went through something similar during the Loma Prieta quake OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2012 #1

Are you POOPCO or BGE, Stinky? LiberalEsto Jun 2012 #2

We're BGE Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #35

Break out the board games nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #3

All because of a power grid that's creaky, old and unmaintained. Zalatix Jun 2012 #4

Lived that after Hurricane Ike came to visit the Greater Houston area. texanwitch Jun 2012 #5

right there with you during Ike angel823 Jun 2012 #10

you can also use a smaller version littlewolf Jul 2012 #42

It is remarkable how quickly things can fall apart in a modern economy 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #6

Not necessarily (the looting part) MorningGlow Jun 2012 #7

when Isabel came thru NC ... littlewolf Jun 2012 #8

Nice! MorningGlow Jun 2012 #19

One thing I learned here in hurricane country: dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #9

So far we've evacuated twice for hurricanes TBF Jun 2012 #11

Looting won't happen. I've been through a week without power in summer. NutmegYankee Jun 2012 #12

don't worry people will be back to beeping horns and shouting fu Sea-Dog Jun 2012 #13

Are people still going to work? nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #14

Good point, but hardly compares to third world living pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #15

Wish you and Sparkly and all your neighbors well suffragette Jun 2012 #16

Except its actually nothing like third world living because you'll have your power back in a matter RB TexLa Jun 2012 #17

Obviously, he knows it's temporary pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #21

I'm so sorry. grasswire Jun 2012 #18

My iPhone, rechargeable in the car, is the new millennium version of a transistor radio. snooper2 Jun 2012 #20

what a story! btw, can anyone really "share their amps?" Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #22

Yes. An extension cord from one house to the next. Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #24

ouch! Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #47

Yes but they will be warm.... 2on2u Jul 2012 #28

Looting happens anywhere on the planet malaise Jun 2012 #23

Or whenever they think they can get away with it 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #25

When civilization collapses due to global warming... Speck Tater Jul 2012 #26

I think there is more than a grain of truth in what you said. Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #33

it shows how spoiled we have become with modern technology. imagine if we were all time warped dionysus Jul 2012 #27

That guy in the power company truck could be Ship of Fools Jul 2012 #29

I know that. Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #34

I knew what you were getting at. Ship of Fools Jul 2012 #37

We got our power back a few hours ago... a la izquierda Jul 2012 #30

In Frederick Co., MD our power is ON. (Allegheny Power) Waiting For Everyman Jul 2012 #31

imagine every house/building having a solar onethatcares Jul 2012 #32

Funnily enough, the technology exists. YellowRubberDuckie Jul 2012 #39

Sounds like hurricane season in the Southeast! csziggy Jul 2012 #36

Oh man, I feel for you! Texasgal Jul 2012 #38

The dogs are feeling it Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #40

Hosing them down is a good idea.. Texasgal Jul 2012 #43

Good Lord... Number23 Jul 2012 #41

What a shitty reply Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #44

More thought went into this post than your OP Number23 Jul 2012 #45

Yes, but you're the Literalist Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #46

Let me guess ...uhm ...you are stinking right now? L0oniX Jul 2012 #48