swellmomma Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Early-Mid August I was home nesting, and playing with my then 5 and 4 yr old kids. Mid-late August 2003 I was in the hospital on bed rest after my water broke with ds8, I was in for a week then delivered on the 28th No power outages where we are in western Canada though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefragile7393 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Married to my ex, living in a small town, working in a city, and I don't remember much else lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I wasn't in the blackout area. I do however, remember the November blackout in 1965. It meant no school, which certainly made it memorable. :D Hmm, is it wrong to say that in 1965 my mom was only 6 :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I have no idea about this. There was a blackout? On the east coast? :confused: I think maybe we were camping in Maine for two weeks. I wonder if our power was out. Huh. Who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EducationX2 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 It was the summer between high school and college, and I was working the most boring job I've had in my life. I was in the midwest, and our power didn't go out, but I remember thinking it might not be that bad if it did because then I could go home. :D Hey, we graduated the same year! :D Have you realized that next year will be 10 years since graduation??? I was talking to a friend from school a couple weeks ago and she brought it up... it made me feel.... almost old. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hey, we graduated the same year! :D Have you realized that next year will be 10 years since graduation??? I was talking to a friend from school a couple weeks ago and she brought it up... it made me feel.... almost old. :lol: 10 years is nothing. I am shocked that in only 3 years it will my 20 year high school reunion. How in the heck did I get that old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We were living in hot El Paso, TX. We had power and a swamp cooler--not the same as AC that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeslieAnneLevine Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 In France. There was no blackout there, but I remember it because my sister (in the Detroit area) lost power. In France at that time there was a terrible heat wave and it was an absolute massacre for the elderly--so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hmm, is it wrong to say that in 1965 my mom was only 6 :001_huh: Nope. My parents were both younger. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Moving into my first apt... on the 17th floor in NYC! Called my mom because I was a little freaked out (middle of a sunny day, no obvious weather, etc.) and she was co-incidentally in Lansing, MI where they also lost power (she lives in OK). That was NOT a reassuring phone call! Fortunately my aunt and uncle also lived in NYC at the time, so I walked to their place and ate ice cream with their kids :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyB Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We were living just on the edge of the blackout area. We only lost power for a few seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We were in Salt Lake City then. I remember watching stories of people walking home in NYC on the news with the dc (well, the 5 year old, anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 We didn't have A/C until just a few years ago, so it didn't affect me that much. I just couldn't turn on the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 We were living in our same city, in a smaller house. We lose electricity a LOT, so we weren't too concerned until a friend from another city dropped by and told us what was going on. SCARY!!!! I had a son on a breathing machine twice a day at that time. It was a huge pain to drive him to the ER every day. So, I skipped town! I went to my parents' house. A drive that is normally 3 hours, took 6. Everyone was leaving town. Lesson learned - keep 3/4 of a tank of gas in your car at all times!!!! ALL the gas stations between my house and my parents' house were OUT of gas!!!!! Seriously - we keep the tanks nearly full now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The kids and I were at home. I was getting them ready to spend the night at grandmas. When our power went out, I called her and that's when i found out that it wasn't just us. DH works for the power company, but there was nothing they could do. It's the only time our power went out that he didn't have to work! The kids stayed home from grandmas. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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