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[Luvsun]

How long have you ever gone without power at your house?
Do you have a house generator or a portable generator?

[chezp]

We don't have either, but then again (touch wood!) we don't usually have power outages.

[joelsmom]

Well, a long time ago, waaaayyyyyy back in 1993, during the blizzard of '93, I lost power for about a week. At the time, I was living in a small apartment, and I just bundled up with all my sweats and blankets.

Since then, I don't think I've lost power for more than a few hours. I don't have a generator, but I do have a kerosene heater that I only use if the power goes out.

[HiddenMickey]

Five days in winter and four days in summer due to storms.
No generator. We got very cold and very hot,

[revral]

November of 2015 for 42 hours. I'd just reached my breaking point & was making plans to go stay with my dad & his wife for until the power came back when I got a text (I was at WalMart) from my neighbor that we had power. I don't have a generator.

[MayraLR]

I live in the country so power outages are very common here. We have a generator.

[clio]

4 days one summer. I don't have a generator.
Liz

[GingerJ]

We lost power for a few days way back with Hurricane Ike, I believe (yeah, straight-line strong winds from a hurricane all the way up here in Ohio!). Our power came back on faster than other people nearby. Other outages have been for a day or less.

We keep discussing getting a generator, but haven't yet.

[Cam22]

Back in the winter of 2009, we had an ice storm that shut down power for a week. We managed to stay at home minus heat for 5 nights and then we bailed and stayed with Luke's sister the last two nights. We still do not have a generator, but hope to get one.

[KMB733]

I can't remember being without power for more than a day or two. I remember during the blizzard of 1993, the ice storm in 2008 an during a black out in the summer of 2003. Definitely need to have a generator especially during those winter months.

[Huntermom]

We've gone 5-6 days several days. Each time I talk about getting a generaaator. So for, all talk no action.

[KathyL]

Over the years, we have lost power (more than 1 day) multiple times. Typically the lengthy power outages (the longest I remember was about 7 days a few years ago) are during hurricane season or the winter. We have a generator.

[B.M.]

I do not have a generator.

We generally don't lose power for more than a day, usually just and hour or two...

But I do remember there was a big ice storm in 2000 or 2001. The kids were babies. We had no electricity for over a week. We lived on the side of a mountain and could not leave our driveway. It was horrible and freezing. We didn't have cell phones at the time. About 3 days in my dad showed up to check on us in his four wheel drive. We squeezed in his vehicle and stayed at his house until the power came back on the next week...

[KimmyAnn1147]

Very rare to have outages over a few hours here in town. When I was a kid we lived rural and had multi-day outages. Once, during a time that I watched Little House episodes regularly (age 8?) and also was binging on Helen Keller biographies, I woke up and the power was out. I very sincerely thought I had gone blind. Exciting moment. I used to love it when we had to use the kerosene lanterns. It was so exciting.

We recently had a power circuit out for about 5 days. It only affected our upstairs rooms, but DS loved it so much. He suggested we flip all the power off at the breaker for a weekend just for fun.

[JoanneS]

The record for loss of power for me is 10 days during an ice storm. We still don't have a generator.