2003 Noth-east American blackout, what did you do?

[motscroises]

My mother and I were shopping. I was kind of freaked out because, jeez, anyone could do anything when it's dark like that. So we left, went home, and read by candle. I couldn't sleep in my room because it was summer and the second floor was insanely hot, so I had to sleep downstairs. Our power wasn't out for that long, it was maybe two days.

[Kaiden]

I don't really remember that blackout, I was a highschool kid though so I probably just got drunk and partied like normal.


A blackout that last 4 days at my parents house happened in 2006 though. We had a huge snowfall in early October and knocked a bunch of trees down. The damage was so widespread it took them forever to clean it up. Actually didn't completely finish until the next spring because of winter. Not everyone lost power, one side of the street might not have power but the other could. It was really weird. Anyways I still had work and school but no power at home for a couple of days. So I stayed at the Campus to do my homework, took cold showers and read a bunch of books in my free time. Also went out to a few local bars that still had power to watch Sabres games(Hockey).


Here is a quick link I googled: Buffalo, New York snow storm closes schools, leaves nearly 400,000 without power - Wikinews, the free news source

[Zargabaath]

I remember that. I was at my aunt's house visiting for the summer when it happened. It was around 3 p.m. because I was napping, I had not gotten much sleep the night before, and the AC turned off randomly. It was also the day that my father and my sisters were coming up to visit as well.

As for what we did. We grilled, played some card/board games, & talked. My aunt was "telling" her daughter that she should have had walking shoes because she worked in NYC and they are good to have in an emergency - like what happened.

There was also this huge bug that my grandfather killed.