Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 27, 2024

Undoing progress

It appears Arlo might miss being forced to rough it as in those days of old but Janis is overjoyed at the sounds of their conveniences powering back up.

And now you know why your ancestors had such big family’s, with no lights, and electronics to distract them.

The moment is gone?

Closest thing to time travel? Don’t forget daylight savings time.

I don’t miss having to reset clocks after every power failure.

The turn on sounds are great.

Isn’t it summer where they are? And I thought they lived near the gulf coast? I’m surprised they would need to light a fire to keep warm at night as shown in the first panel. In fact I would think just the opposite, they’d need AC. I lived in the area of the Gulf Coast a couple of times, and know full well the nights can be brutally warm and muggy at night during the summer!

Life without electricity, just experienced it two days ago for about six hours, no air conditioning, 90 degree weather, we were ready to go to a motel. Have a generator for fridge and internet and tv, but air is central so can’t use generator for that.

Party’s over

GEEEZ! What a buzz kill! Arlo, next time the power goes out, cut off the circuit breakers as well so when the power comes back on, it doesn’t wreck your evening…

Since there are lots more thunderstorms in the eastern US, and particularly in places like Texas where their power grid is fragile, many people who can afford it invest in back up generators, sometimes whole house generators.

Time traveling Arlo and Janis is a strip I would read.

I want to know how JJ knew when he drew this series that my power would be out when the series appeared…talk about a Time Machine.

So, go shut all the lights and gadgets back off….better mood in front of the fireplace!

Probably worried about refrigerator & food in it.

I have always liked kerosene lanterns. I want a couple for when the power does go out (which happens very seldom, but still…). I researched them yesterday and, ironically enough, Walmart carries them.

All the pictures I found on www had the wick way up and burning. That’s how the chimneys get smoked up. Wick needs to be just high enough to burn (or just a teeny bit higher).

My mother used to hate cleaning the chimneys as a child. That was their light source at night – before they got that new-fangled electricity thingy installed.

Is this guy on vacation, we need to know if the move is going to happen

I have the feeling we will all be living in the bronze age, if China has their way about it.

Our power was off for about 3 days a few years ago (we live on the Washington coast). After those 3 days of “roughing it” with fires in the fireplaces, cooking over a camp stove (including perking our coffee!), using oil lamps to get around, and going to bed early (keeping warm), I actually was a bit sorry to see the power come back on! The climate is mild here and there was no risk of freezing, we had plenty of food, and we didn’t need to go anywhere, so it was rather enjoyable. My one concession to modern living was to fire up the generator for a few hours to make sure the freezer stayed cold enough.

yep then zap back to the present.

Power went out in my portion of NB today. I believe it was storm related. Now back, but it was missed … no TV.