Comments on: Powerless https://habitablezone.com/2025/12/22/powerless/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:05:36 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2025/12/22/powerless/#comment-54589 BuckGalaxy Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:27:11 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=108019#comment-54589 Modern civilization would collapse without electricity. Billions would die within a year or so without it. It's a necessity in every sense of the word. We lost power a couple years ago for 2 days. No fun at all. Modern civilization would collapse without electricity. Billions would die within a year or so without it. It’s a necessity in every sense of the word.

We lost power a couple years ago for 2 days. No fun at all.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2025/12/22/powerless/#comment-54588 ER Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:44:16 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=108019#comment-54588 We were without electricity for 11 days. We had prepared before the storm by doing all our laundry the day before, emptying our fridge, stocking up on food which could be eaten uncooked, and using our cold water for sponge baths (fortunately, our water service was not affected). The hardest part was doing without TV, computer and A/C for the whole time. Our land-line was knocked out too, but our emergency drug-dealer flip-phone was rechargeable from our car. But there was one positive aspect, it was the only time I ever saw the Milky Way from my front yard. <blockquote>My storehouse having burned down, nothing obscures my view of the bright moon.</blockquote> We were without electricity for 11 days. We had prepared before the storm by doing all our laundry the day before, emptying our fridge, stocking up on food which could be eaten uncooked, and using our cold water for sponge baths (fortunately, our water service was not affected). The hardest part was doing without TV, computer and A/C for the whole time.

Our land-line was knocked out too, but our emergency drug-dealer flip-phone was rechargeable from our car.

But there was one positive aspect, it was the only time I ever saw the Milky Way from my front yard.

My storehouse having
burned down, nothing obscures my
view of the bright moon.

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