When were you last hit ....

[Hazell B]

.... by a power cut? :

Got home yesterday evening to a house with no electricity. In fact, half a street with no power at all

Found the candles (after a less than enjoyable search ) and played Scrabble while shivering in our coats. Typically, we'd just ripped a giant hole in the chimney breast and should have been fitting a new log burning stove, but needed light to do so. This meant we were sitting in a sub zero wind tunnel rather than a living room :

Still, we'll be thankfull for the log burner all the more now, after that experience

[fandango]

We last had a power cut a few weeks ago when a ship wanted to cross over some cable in Germany.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6120212.stm

Usually, power cuts happen here at the height of Summer in the afternoon, when everyone gets home and turns on the aircon.

[Dave B]

A couple of months ago, it seems there's a problem with our local substation. Still, it was fun playing with laser pointers...

[odykas]

I was hit by 220 volts last week.

But never by 0 volts.

[wacked]

had power cut y'day for the whole day.. but about 2-3 weeks ago.. didnt have power from 7 in the mornin till about 10 at night.. happened twice.. some wire blew out like 1 block away.. it took them over 12 hours to repair it..

[fandango]

It's amazing when you realise that we're all connected by this completely artificial network that we usually take for granted.

[jso1985]

Here we usually have power cuts about twice a month during spring, due the heavy electrical storms we get.

That's when you realize how much you depend on electricity and the only thing I can actually do is listen music on my Mp3 player

[Dazz9908]

Last Saturday evening,
Seems to happen once to twice a month now
gives me the willies,
Pay good money and the can't be bothered setting up a proper reliable grid
Profits get in the way of good old fashioned service these days.
the World has turned for the worst, because of this Ideology, Money before anything!!!

[Mp3 Astra]

We never get power cuts any more. Only in thunderstorms and about once a year on random occasions Last time? 3 months ago.

[CarlMetro]

Tuesday evening, whilst siting in my hotel room in Dresden. It only seemed to effect our side of the street and took about an hour to come back on.

I can't remeber the last time we had one at home though.