Ian

i was born in the 70s and just about remember the power cuts. I think people coped with them better because they knew they were going to be hapening. Inthe ummer of 1995 there was a seris of power cuts in the area of Bradford where i lived (we always suspected it was due to Yorkshire Cable bumping into power lines but they denyed it). The firest one was cary nd brought everyoneone out onto the street but after that we got quite blase about them and jut made sure we had some non-perisable food an could make coffee with gas. Though if it covereda big enough are to take traffic lights out that stayed rather worrying!
Though saying that - i got very freaked out by having no landline for half a day trhe week before last!