So what happened to us after Christmas in the island of Oahu Hawaii? We just had an island wide black out. Four transmission lines were tripped off and the cause is not clear yet, maybe it was strike by lightnings. It was so windy with scattered rain during Christmas and so windy until the 27Th.
We are having fun on Christmas day watching movies after dinner when suddenly the power started to flicker and 10 minutes later it was totally gone, leaving the whole island in 'pitch black'. No power, no cable and Internet, no phone and cellular lines. The husband have a crank radio, we just listen to the emergency station for the news. I feel like we suddenly travel in time without civilization.
In the morning the husband sets up the generator to power the fridge and the chest freezer. I was able to make coffee and cook rice. Good thing we have gas tank outside, I was able to cook breakfast because the big guy wants to have sausage and spam. We spend the day watching the remaining movies we have rented since we use the generator.
We are out of power for almost 24 hrs. I feel like we were trapped back to the Neanderthal era where there is no power, no electronics and so on. It was quit boring because half of my life depends on the internet lol. At last yesterday afternoon the power is back and the cellular lines but still no internet and cable until late afternoon. It's GOOD to be BACK!