Cussed thunderstorms!

[Shanny]

For the second night in a row, electrical storms have knocked out the power here. My biggest gripe is - why always at night when I need my CPAP?! Grrrr . . .  Thinking of getting a battery-powered back-up generator - just for the CPAP. Wonder what they cost?

But tonight it did worse than a power outage, it apparently fried the battery in my laptop. The other possibility is that it just 'hid' it, and tomorrow when I'm more wide awake, I'll tinker a little & try to get the machine to recognize the battery again.
I'm with Roseanne Roseannadanna - 'It's always SOMETHING!'

[Grammabear]

Yep.....I'm with you about the thunderstorms.  I also use a CPAP machine and it is hard enough to sleep some nights with it, to say nothing of having no electricity.

[Shanny]

As long as I have CPAP on and a fan blowing over me, I can fall asleep in about three seconds! CPAP is my blankie, I guess, because I can't fall asleep without it ever. I even tried wearing the mask these nights when the power was off, because I wondered if it isn't the sensation of having the mask on that helps.

I my CPAP!    And this week I got new cushions for all my masks, so now I'm REALLY in love! ha!

[bigskygal]

No CPAP here, but when the power goes out, I don't have water. 
  My pump runs on electricity.

[Shanny]

Yep, our well pump is also electric, but several gallons of water are stored in a pressure tank under the house, so a small amount of water is available. We're okay if nobody flushes a toilet during a power outage, but that's hard to remember - flushing is a reflex! 

[bigskygal]

I keep gallons and gallons of water in my storage cubby for just that reason.  I hear you re the flush reflex, but fortunately I have 3 bathrooms so I get a lot of mileage there!

edit to add:  I lived through the drought in Ca in the 70's there was a saying "if it is yellow, let it mellow, if it is brown, flush it down.  So that lingers over my flush reflex...

[walkerwally1]

We also have our own well here and our pumps are solar with a 220v pump for backup.  Power doesn't go out here as we are on our own solar system with a 20K diesel backup generator.  We pump water to two 4500 gallon tanks on the hill so normally 8-9000 gallons of water standing by.  Of course that will change when we move.