Dependancy on electricity is a reality for many people.
Well, let's see. I live in a rural area, with my own water well.
No electricity = no water. I work in the IT industry, and need the
ability to connect to my computers at work to work on them. No
power=no network=no paycheck. In this part of the world, the
firefighters and emergency medical folks are all volunteers -while
most of my fire and EMS equipment is battery powered, a long enough
outage would meen no power=no chargers=no batteries=no radio,
no defibrillator, no ambulance...
Like it or not, electricity is necessary for the modern way of living.
Perhaps you personally are willing to "tough it out" and live without
it for 5 hours or days, but there are those of us who choose to not
inflict the same inconvenience on ourself. (...)*
Can't you survive 5 (five) hours without electricity?
They are many ways to use up that time.
- Clean your house
- Repaint this rusty fence
- Fix that old bike
- Make your paperworks (yes all that stuff that is sooooo long overdue, hmmm
y' know what I mean!)
- Read that book on the last computer technology that you feel you'd better
know to keep your skills up to date.
All these tasks are productive, they contribute in making money or a better
life from your dollars. They don't need electricity, just shaking your
procrastination.
But you may also:
- Talk to your neighbor. These emergency situations are great for social
networking, people who never talk to eachother all come chatting.
- Play with your kids, they'll love this unexpected extra time much more
than a standard sunday's soccer game.
- At last resort, take a nap.
By the time you are finished, the grid is back.