What do you do when the power goes out at night?

[Sendmicheck]

It is scary when you have young children crying because there is no power.  I sit quietly and pray that all will goes well during the night. 

[champak97]

I usually try to sleep, or sometimes listen to some music.

[Liquidfire_43]

Usually wait 1-2 hours until the power comes back on.. Cant really do much with candles, so I will go to sleep the probl

[Seenobita]

We Wait for power to come back!!!!!

[vickysue]

Ours was out late last night, Car wreck. My electric blanket wasn't working of course. So I just got up a put a heavy blanket on and slept like a baby.

[cathy37]

I have a battery powered lantern, so I turn that on and read or if it is late, I will go ahead and go to sleep.

[reiddb]

Go to bed~nice excuse to catch up on sleep!!!

[torchgirl42]

Go to bed and hope the power's back on when I wake up in the morning. In the winter I make sure to wrap myself in a couple extra blankets to keep warm while the heat's off.

[metsrock69]

pay your electric bill. just kidding. sit in the dark and tell ghost stories. or we usually go down to the local casino. they always have power.

[PGS28]

I know exactly what you mean; I grew up without air conditioning.  My mother had a firm belief that air conditioning would "run up her light bill".  As a result I rarely run the air in my truck in the summer time now.

I usually light candles and pick up a book to read, or I try to sleep, if it's in the evening. Sometimes I'll listen to music or play games on my phone. It can be fairly uncomfortable in the dead of summer without air conditioning, so depending on the time of day, I might also just go outside, or go somewhere else for air conditioning.

Not directing this at you but your comment made me remember something that happened a couple of years ago and reminded me what a nation of wusses this country has become.  It's been about 6 years ago but there was a really bad storm and power was knocked out all over the county.  Some places had it but most did not.  Within 30 minutes of no power people were calling 911 and wanting to know where any places were that were opened up for the public to go.  I was thinking just stay at home.  It was almost midnight and it was not that hot.  There are people who live with no AC all summer long.  Geez.  They finally got a church to open up for a couple of hours.  Then of course they want you to feed them. lol.  Smh.  People truly amaze me.

[PGS28]

Light candles and create shadow figures with my kids.

[freedavis]

I usually just take a good nap.  If its out to long I go to mall or eat.

[dodgers16]

  if and when the power goes out at night, if its late enough I will just go to bed if its to early then I will go hang out at a store or somewhere that has power

[bigedshult]

go to bed and hop that it is back on in the moring