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9. excellent option! nt

Tue May 2, 2017, 10:43 AM

May 2017

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Your power totally fails at 2:22 AM. What do you do ? [View all] steve2470 May 2017 OP

I have avoided the naked outdoors sharp_stick May 2017 #1

I don't call either steve2470 May 2017 #3

I call early and I call often OriginalGeek May 2017 #16

Never say never!! lunasun May 2017 #2

It's happened to me MFM008 May 2017 #4

The worst of the power failures I ever endured... 2naSalit May 2017 #5

Yea -18F changes everything from.... steve2470 May 2017 #6

Yup! 2naSalit May 2017 #10

This is why we keep wood as an alternate heat rurallib May 2017 #18

I lived in a... 2naSalit May 2017 #29

I Sympathize Leith May 2017 #27

We used to get those.. 2naSalit May 2017 #30

I'd have gone outdoors in my shorts and t-shirt Warpy May 2017 #7

6- The Power is out supply crate Afromania May 2017 #8

excellent option! nt steve2470 May 2017 #9

True! 2naSalit May 2017 #11

yes, the line men and women have a tough job! nt steve2470 May 2017 #13

One of the toughest. sarge43 May 2017 #14

I don't notice. malthaussen May 2017 #15

Nothing Generic Brad May 2017 #19

Get up, go outside (not naked) to see whether the power is out The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #20

I always call - habit from when I was the last house on the line csziggy May 2017 #21

(1 Find my dog. (2 Look for a flashlight. Rhiannon12866 May 2017 #22

We text our friendly lineman. cwydro May 2017 #23

At 2am my happy ass is asleep. NightWatcher May 2017 #24

#4, with a side of fries True Dough May 2017 #25

3 if I heard a noise, 4 if not. nt retrowire May 2017 #28