Were you in the dark?

[Seiben 0]

Were you, like me one of the tens of millions of unlucky souls in Ontario, Quebec and the Northeastern United States unexpectedly stuck in the dark?  If so, like the title states, what did you do in your day in the dark? I was treated to a nice view of the stars at night, that was nice.  :) Almost made up for the 45 minutes it took me to drive home in bumper to mumper taffic with no traffic lights or cops.  (I should count my blessings though, at least I wasn't on the highway).  :)

[Nemesis 0]

Oh yeah Seiban I forgot you were a Toronto dweller. I love being on a provincal power grid :) supplied by our own power hehehe. I'm happy that we didn't have that happen here for I was downtown and it was really packed down there and a hour bus ride would've become more like an hour and a half jk more like 3 I live in a small city but it is a city none the less and we have traffic.  :)

[ensign_Stron 0]

I had power :D looks at amount of votes cast. Well seiban, I see this topic has been.....active :D

[FredM 0]

Hey there,

 

I think it's kind of funny. In Florida, we are used to losing power all the time. It doesn't matter, we're just used to it. We have supplies around every building that are used normally for Hurricanes, or when a massive storm kills the power. I just think it's interesting to watch what we see as such a common thing be such a "horrible problem."

[Images 0]

hmmm i don't know, i don't think there's been any major outages in hong kong in memory, but don't quote me on that!

[Travis Kroells 0]

I wasnt affected, but I did laugh at all the fools who thought it nessicary to roam the streets of New York that night...

[Images 0]

i think it would be fun, sort of like "28 days later". the city is there but in complete darkness

[Cmdr Laura Issia 0]

We were out, but only intermittently and only for about 4 hours.  Power went out around 4:03 (at least, that's when the clock stopped), and by 8:30 we'd been on solidly enough that we felt secure turning the computers back on and reprogramming the TV channels.   :D  

 

It wasn't a big deal when it hit; I remember thinking, 'drat, guess I should get off-line then' (laptop, battery power) and then grabbing a book and going to sit in the air conditioning.  No, that's not impossible... all you have to do is keep the door shut and the blinds drawn and an airconditioned room will stay cool for a few hours.   So I did.   :D    But hey, I go to school in California.  After you've studied for your finals by candlelight and written your term papers by hand and volunteered to be 'security' by the dorm door because the card reader's off while wrapped in a huge blanket because the heat's off, what's a couple hours without power in the middle of a summer afternoon, right?   Power failures will never be the same...  ::D:

[Anika818 0]

ok...I wish I was in the blackout...but I wasn't (Im in Nebraska, USA).  But I had plans of what I would have done if I was in it, ask my friends so I'll tell you...

 

It happened right before nightfall...and there would be hardly any light pollution for literally miles!!!  I would have been outside wathcing the nightsky...(I don't have a telescope--yet).  It would be AMAZING!!!

 

Anyway that's what I would ahve done :D

[Atragon9 0]

]I just came across this satellite picture of the US during the blackout, it looks like something took a huge bite out of the Northeast that night - creepy!

[Nemesis 0]

hey I can my house well its one of those in that white blob at my city. I live in the little pennisula north of where everything went dark. You know what it doesn't actually look that small in comparison to the USA Yipee :D

[Travis Kroells 0]

oh...pretty lights...Man we use a lot of energy

[The Dude 0]

hmm well,... here in Germany we do not have big powerlosses and if there's only a small city without power for less than 12 hrs *don't quote-I'm not certain*

[STSF Precip 0]

Fantastic Image A9....::wonders if Manticore took the picture on a temporal mission while trying  stop the evil forces of Melville from blacking out the entire world::

 

Precip

[Nemesis 0]

Its funny when you look at it for the East even with that large chunk missing still brighter by far then the west. If you also notice the brightest areas of light or located on coastal areas or areas close to the water. Why that is is quite simple for in the olden day Water was the most import asset for life for without water you could not grow crops to feed yourselfs and in the pre-automative age shipping was practically impossible without water for ships and such. This has been a social lesson by Nemesis.  :)

[Seiben 0]

That's very profound, Nem.. and ooh, quite the creepy pic A9.   :)

[Images 0]

okay i admit it, i set my creature on the US and he took a bite out of your country, i'm sorry. :)

 

but seriously, wow that is just frightening!  :D

[Travis Kroells 0]

Well, I thank you that you finally acknowledge that I own this country.

[Anika818 0]

::lower jaw hanging open, then slowly...as the words come out::

 

All I can say is: Do you think that's what happened to Atlantis?!?!?    ::):  

 

Anyway...A9, that is a very awesome picture!

[AndrewLyon 0]

Just to correct an earlier poster, Quebec didn't loose any power, since OMG. We're on a seperate power grid.

[Images 0]

yeah but my creature still ate you right? ::strokes "bobo the creature"'s head::

[ens_tino 0]

Well with N.Y my town got lucky and still had power. But it ended up being that the rest of my family didn't so they all came to my house and played cards.