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Atetsufooj154 karma

I've thought about this way more than I should. I was kind of amazed by how dark the night was when there are no street lights or any artificial lights for that matter. I was terrified whenever I had to go out late at night because everything was extremely dark and most of the time I was the only one out in the street (mom's a nurse and I'd use her ID to go out during curfew).

Burger King was a lifesaver. While most fast foods were closed or wouldn't allow you to charge your phone in the restaurant, they would allow you to bring a multi-plug to connect as many phones as you could AND YOU DIDNT EVEN HAVE TO EAT. I hate fastt foods but I'll never forget that.

Atetsufooj103 karma

You'd be surprised how quick you get accustomed. I haven't had power since hurricane Irma. I'm a pc gamer who plays LoL (diamond btw), WoW, etc.. Basically I had no life but staying at home, studying and gym. After having no electricity you are forced to look for other ways of entertainment and in this case the best one is socializing. My friends and I have played like twenty different board games since we lost power. I've made a lot of friends since then.

I guess there's your silver lining :)

Atetsufooj90 karma

Sadly I haven't been able to get my hands on a solar charger. I have seen a lot of my friends using them and they love it while they last. The thing is though I haven't heard of any solar charger that doesn't break in a month or less. I think the problem in PR is that the heat can get so bad that solar chargers just break and people here are not going to want to spend extra money on a better charger that won't break in those situations.

Sorry that I don't know about any brands though...

Atetsufooj88 karma

You're getting downvoted but I agree with your statement! Not even a year has passed since Puerto Rico's last blackout because a power plant caught on fire. The whole island was without power for two weeks that time and there was no major disaster to provoke it.

Atetsufooj54 karma

My number one most asked question in other threads, thank you for asking it! Ok, so the only way I can be in Reddit or otherwise connected to the internet is because of my cellphone. The way that I charge my phone is either at night with the use of my gasoline-powered generator, during the day at my university, or whenever I'm in my car by using the cigarrette lighter thingy.

We usually spend around $15 a day on gasoline just for the generator (OUCH!).