[lotrfan55345]

No.
If you are on an internet forum there is very little chance for you being prepared for living 100% off the grid

[Tyler_JC]

Very few people, if anyone, are prepared for the grid to go off completely.

Fortunately, it's not going to happen any time soon.

[ki11ercane]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'H')ow many of you are prepared?

What will you do without your computer and internet friends to keep you company?

How many of you, are going to be able to cope, with only access to book for your entertainment?

Next year the power failures will start.

Good luck.

[Homesteader]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'M')y first Social Security check arrives in eight years so I should be ok.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'H')ow many of you are prepared?

What will you do without your computer and internet friends to keep you company?

[jasonraymondson]

Apparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.

[seldom_seen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'N')ext year the power failures will start.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'N')ext year the power failures will start.

[seldom_seen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'S')trip clubs and brothels are old stapels

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'A')pparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.

[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'A')pparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('uNkNowN ElEmEnt', 'I') still haven't seen or been able to google one piece or article that would corroborate this claim.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('uNkNowN ElEmEnt', 'I') still haven't seen or been able to google one piece or article that would corroborate this claim.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'I') did find this:
2009 Blackout/Brownout Study

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')If particularly vulnerable regions, like the Western U.S., experience unusually hot temperatures for prolonged periods of time in 2009, the potential for local brownouts or blackouts is high, with significant risk that local disruptions could cascade into regional outages that could cost the economy tens of billions of dollars," the report warned.

[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')If particularly vulnerable regions, like the Western U.S., experience unusually hot temperatures for prolonged periods of time in 2009, the potential for local brownouts or blackouts is high, with significant risk that local disruptions could cascade into regional outages that could cost the economy tens of billions of dollars," the report warned.

[IslandCrow]

I am not sure whether the original question was more about power cuts as such, or about how we will emotionally cope without the internet being available.

Regarding power cuts:
up to one day - fine. No paying work gets done (working from home, and with flexiblity in the job this is not a problem).
two - three days --- Manageable, worried about work. In winter most of the house is cooling down, so sleep in the kitchen where the wood burning stove is.
4 days to a week. Things are getting more difficult.
Week to month. Survival mode.
month to 3 months. Very difficult. Run out of stored food.
over 3 months. What is beyond very difficult?

Regarding entertainment without the internet: I have a good library, and selection of board games. Unfortunately I am not musical. There are also friends in the village so visiting would increase.

Summary. I am reasonably prerpared for cuts of up to 2 or 3 days; still have to work on preparing for longer periods, but I guess I still have time to do that.

[blukatzen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'W')hat will you do without your computer and internet friends to keep you company?

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'A')pparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'A')pparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'A')pparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.