Fun Things to Do When the Electricity Goes Out

THINGS TO DO WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT

There are numerous things you can to do if and while the power gets knocked out due to summer’s extreme heat, winter’s ice storms, or summer time electrical storms. Just use your imagination a little.

If you have small children you can play hide and seek, or tell stories about when you were a child and what you and your family would do together when the power went out. If it is a daytime storm you can spread a sheet on the floor and have a picnic. If it is a nightime storm you can light a candle and read bedtime stories.

Some folks like to sleep during storms when the power goes out because the sound of the rain has a hypnotic rhythm that will eventually lull you to sleep. Some folks like to read a good book or do jigsaw puzzles.

If the power outage is due to a heat wave then most folks will go outside and sit in the shade and drink cool water. Sometimes they will even squirt themselves and their children down by the hose and play water games.

All it takes is a little imagination and patience and you can have fun.

The Stoneage people built fires and sat around them. Here’s another idea roast marshmallows and have a weiner roast!