Things I Learned

[kiffie]

1. If the power goes out, the hot water goes out, too.

2. Showers require hot water, lest your freeze your ass off.

3. While candles are a good light source, they don't like being carried around outside.

4. When blowing out a candle, make sure there isn't a puddle of melted wax at the very top.

So, um, random_redshirt? The wax all over the microwave? Ah, kinda my fault. ( ._.)

Comments

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Dare I ask? XD

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

*cackles*

I'm sure the scorp was thoroughly confused. X3

[lilblueunicorn.livejournal.com]

Oy how I hate power outages! D: My friend just informed me that last night her power went out and will probably be out for three days.

-§parky

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Geeze!

Why does it take so long for the power company to get in and do their job? D:

[lilblueunicorn.livejournal.com]

Because she lives like... 3859892438949485 million miles out. DX I feel very fortunate right now because that's only like, five miles from where I live. DX

-§parky

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Ouch.

I hope they fix it soon. :/

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

If the power goes out, the hot water goes out, too

That would be because the water heater requires power to, y'know... heat water.

You know what else I discovered happens to water when the power goes out? It stops getting pumped to the upper floors of tall buildings. I discovered this in res. I have lived on the ground floor ever since.

When blowing out a candle, make sure there isn't a puddle of melted wax at the very top.

I carefully drain the wax onto something it will be easy to scrap off, and then when it's cooled but still warm and pliable, I make it into shapes. :3

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

I'm used to having a gas water heater, wherein power doesn't affect hot water. But here, it's all electric. So, very strange.

Eeeek! *loves her ground floor room all the more*

...shapes, huh? Like kitteh? =^..^=

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Gas water heaters have only existed in my life when I was at my grampy's camp, which was a shack in the woods. :3

I've also never lived in a place with a gas stove. Electricity and me, we're buddies.

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Electricity doesn't like a kiff. ( ._.)

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Ask me how many of my living relatives have been hit by lightning. :D

[random-redshirt.livejournal.com]

Dare I ask? O_o Was it a weather-related outage?

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Mylar balloon, into the power lines.

It was out for a little over an hour. Not usually a problem, save that I had Chem in the morning and needed to study. So, candles.

Also, someone on the third floor that overlooks the dumpsters took advantage of the darkness to chuck their large-screen TV out of the window. I assume they were aiming for the trash. They missed. I walked through the mess in the darkness, going, "Why is the ground crunchy?"