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#6
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Den
Tattooed & foul-mouthed
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Depends on what time of day it is when the power goes out. If it happens, it's more of a minor annoyance for me, because I have lived off the grid before, without electricity and running water, so I know how to cope, mostly.
Normally, I'm asleep during what most people consider "normal" hours (AKA when the sun's up). so if the power goes out then, I'm asleep, so it really doesn't affect me too much. If I get cold, I can always pile on more blankets on my blanket nest, or put on my onesie and crawl back into the nest. If I get hot, I can open a window, take blankets/sheets off, or relocate to the basement, where it's cooler.
If it happens mid-afternoon, when I'm getting up, I'll check in with the folks, and see if it's town-wide, or kinda localized, and let them know what's up. Then I'll grab my sketchpad, or whatever non-computer-related project I'm working on at the time, and work on that until I run out of light, or the power comes back on. I also light candles and set out flashlights with working batteries so my parents can navigate easily. Force of habit, despite knowing my parents and I all have cell phones. I'm old enough that I predate commonplace usage of cellphones.
If the outage happens at night, when everyone else is asleep, I'll use my cell phone to be able to see so I can light candles, and then I'll do like I do if it's mid-afternoon. Or if it's early morning, I'll head to bed.
I use She/Her and They/Them pronouns.
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Posted 03-02-2017, 02:19 AM
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