And instead of being restful, living in a house without electricity has been an ordeal.
Thousands of people in Scotland were left without electricity following snow storms that began last Friday.
About 13, 000 homes are still without electricity in Northern Ireland after 24 hours of severe weather.
BBC: Snow storms: Thousands without power in Northern Ireland
About 800 homes in remote areas in Northern Ireland are still without electricity.
In Scotland, 10, 000 homes in Argyll have been without electricity, including the whole of Arran.
More than 1, 600 homes, including properties on Arran, have spent a fifth night without electricity.
In central Mumbai, some citizens say they have been without electricity for five days.
The discussions follow a recent massive power failure which left much of the nation without electricity.
You'll want a cellphone charger that works without electricity, such as one used in a car.
There, he lived as a recluse in a 10-by-12 foot cabin without electricity or running water.
As of Monday morning, about 4, 000 power customers are without electricity, Mississippi Power said.
Over 1.4 million people in New York and New Jersey are still without electricity and heat.
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The number of homes without electricity on the island had gone down to 350 on Wednesday night.
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He described the victims as civilians, including women and children, and said the town was without electricity.
Ike's trail stretched into the Midwest, where roads were flooded and thousands of people were without electricity Tuesday.
Much of the region was without electricity or water, though it was being restored in places on Sunday.
She said most residents are confined to their homes, without electricity and running out of food and water.
My neighborhood remains without electricity and cell phone service, and may stay that way for many days more.
He then moved from his Belfast home to live alone in a cottage without electricity or running water.
About 650, 000 homes and businesses were left without electricity, and some could be cold and dark for days.
Keyes, the second eldest in a large family, was homeschooled in a cabin without electricity near Colville, Wash.
After six months without electricity, everything from lights to radios to television sets has been turned back on.
Up to 5, 000 homes in Sussex, Kent and Surrey were without electricity overnight after heavy snowfall affected power lines.
Power lines have been toppled and more than 600, 000 people are without electricity in North Carolina and neighbouring Virginia.
Additional security installed by NIE engineers failed to deter the gang who left 4, 000 premises without electricity on Sunday.
Power has been restored to most of Manhattan but other parts of New York City are still without electricity.
The longer the time without electricity, the more difficult it is to bring such other infrastructures back on line.
Most of the city has been without electricity and water for a week.
Inside the cave dwellings, large families lived alongside their livestock until as late as the 1950s, without electricity, running water or sewage.
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