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¿Question #4540?
Lord_Prussian: Have you ever lived for any length of time without dependable running water, electricity and the like?

pricero1: Only camping for a week or so.
MartinWin: On vacation. One week. Was a nice time.
pin316: yup - 2012, was living in QLD Australia when the super-floods happened. Knocked out power for almost 2 weeks, and living where we were everything was cut-off (we had our own water tank but no pumps, no electricity for house stuff, and we were even cut-off for the first week as the access road to the house was covered with moving water). It sucked. Royally.
utrocketman: Maybe 3 or 4 days at most - after a line of horrendous storms came through where I lived and knocked out power for a few days. Not a fun experienece in the middle of summer and 100 degree days.
the manatee: Just while backpacking. So 25 days, tops.
Grujah: During NATO bombing of Serbia in '99, electricity was sparse. Other than that, no.
Spirit of 70: No.
pwilz: After Hurricane Katrina, I was without running water, electricity, a car, or Wal-Mart for about three days. I did have food, bottled water, and sewage out, though.
bjhendricks: 9 mos. in the womb. Boy, was that ever rough.
theredwagoneer: Not more than a week.
kathleenryan: only while camping for about five days
WatchmanX2000: yes.
sigtaulefty: 3 days camping. not really lenghty, but by day 2 it felt like month 2.
hdrestr: No
Hector Vortac: A week at Scout camp is about it. But when I get on 'Survivor'....
CharmlessMan77: nope.
Shaun L: Does camping count?
jonjac: In the military service.
foxxdye: No, I've never lived for any length of time at all, my life has been completely meaningless
alhazared: no
DHEK: Nope. I've always been living in civilization.
gbohrer: 3 years.
aleo09: no
xlorp: Reducing standards due to reality is amazingly easy
2amp: after every hurricane, longest span was 8 days
hadz: No
Langoroth: Not very long, but a couple of weeks.
sdonohue: Depends on length. I've done about 6 weeks without electricity.
Leo-T: 1 week
greenpawn: sure a couple of weeks, wait, rivers are running water.
ansc1023: if backpacking counts, then yes
anonInternetName: yes
Mutombo: no
szilaj: Yes
prolifekilledmywife: I did a week without dependable water, then another three having to manually fill the toilet to flush.
DaGen: yup
NMonter: 8 days is the longest. Worst Ice-Storm Evar!
MaksimSmelchak: Yes, I've lived without. It's easy to say that life with the ammenities has its attractions.
Novembernight: yes - love it!
XenoMaster: Yes
manowarplayer: No
MisterCranky: I live like that every day. I don't run the utliities--how the hell should I decide they're dependable?
Avatar_69: I lived without a washing machine for 6 months. that was bad enough
scriptorum: Not at the same time.
River Blue: Yup.
dictator555: Any length of time, yes. Any unbearable length of time, no.
djlg: Yes
Kazin: Yes. It was horrible. I was without water, but had electricity.
zapperio: Yes. 4 1/2 years to be exact. Time well spent.
Loquutus: Just while camping.
korppu: Yes, every time I go to my cabin
Felderin: For ANY length of time? Yes.
notquitekarpov: Yes - one year expat in Angola.
Lord_Prussian: No, and by "any length of time" I mean for like several months or more--long enough to establish a residence pretty much.
GI Joe: Not really
LudesFactor: define any length of time ...
skrutsch: Went without a well for about 6 weeks. Yuck!
puffinge: nope
CDRodeffer: I've camped for about a week at a time.
skelebone: Other than camping, no, not really.
chaddyboy_2000: No.
jttm: You mean, live like a savage? By jove, what a novel idea!
Spielfreak: I think the most we've been without electricity is two days after a hurricane.
sos1: Yes - many months
CortexBomb: Any length of time? Well, yes, but it was very short