Something like that happened, I think it was last February(?), with me. Except it wasn’t someone (it was a bird), it wasn’t a store (it was the university that I work at, in the block where I study), and most regretfully, it was in the afternoon. The only end result was that we were left without AC. :rage:
Oh god, sticky moist heat is the worst!
That’s the times where I’m elated that humanity has invented air conditioning and cold drinks 
So, this is the Piney Woods region of Northeast Texas. Summer lasts about six months. It starts heating up in April/May timeframe. April Showers bring May flowers? Nope, not here. It’s more like March Showers bring April flowers. It generally starts cooling in September, but is usually October before it starts getting pleasant outside during the daytime. Even in October, we still see temps above 80F/26C during the daytime. Although, if it’s an unusually cold autumn, we may get our first frost the same day as we hit those high temps. And yes, it’s ALWAYS high humidity here.
Here’s a snapshot of our current conditions:
…forecast calls for temps near or exceeding 90 degrees for the next week and a half…
Interestingly, in the northern states, AC is actually an option for vehicles. Here, it’s standard equipment.
After reading this thread….being entertained and educated…….I fell I must take this time to confess………
Earlier this spring I was in a movie theater to watch Captain America: Civil War (sans my wife and children). It was a mid-day matinee. As I looked around, it was just me and about 5 or 6 other guys (we were all in our 30’s to 40’s….which made me smile a bit). I sat, as usual, as close to the “middle” of the theater as I could get (I had worked for Bose retail for years and I gotta have that surround sound effect……although I am quite disappointed with the lack of quality sound in many theaters….but that’s another thread for another day). We were all relaxing and enjoying the previews….I was partaking of the nachos I had splurged on, since I hadn’t had to pay for the ticket (a gift from Christmas), so my hands were kinda full.
The movie starts……we’re digging some pretty cool action in the first few minutes and BAM……the power goes out. I looked around and was amazed that I couldn’t see any “safety” or emergency back-up lights coming on. I sat there for a moment…thinking it was just a fluke and was going to come right back on. It was pretty much PITCH BLACK in there. I sat for another moment….thinking…should I whip it out? (Now, if you’ll forgive my poor memory…I am getting older….I can’t remember whether I had my Astrolux S1 or Nitecore EA11 at the time…but either way, IMHO, fine performers in both sizes) Should I whip out the pocket rocket? I hesitated…don’t want these guys to think I’m some kind of weirdo. “What’s he doing with a flashlight in a movie theater?” I thought for another moment….surely the lights are going to come back on. Then it happened. Some dude a couple of rows back pulls out HIS CELLPHONE and shines the flash towards the screen. I still just sat there……“well, i guess there’s no point now”.
I HAD THE PERFECT MOMENT to let my pocket powerhouse shine IN ALL IT’S GLORY……to impress and blow away the masses (ok….only a handful of other sub-middle-aged guys) AND I FROZE! I know…I should have been like… I GOT THIS GUYS. But I didn’t.
:weary: :cry: :person_facepalming: :person_facepalming:
BLF’ers……I am so sorry……Can I be forgiven? Is there mercy to be had?
I am having a really hard time after reading this thread of letting my egregious mistake go.
These moments are why we have FET-driven XP-L HI triples… :person_facepalming:
“Blow your match out bud, I got this…”
2300 lumens from the Titanium Quad 219C, oops, sorry, let me dial that back a bit…. 
Well….WE don’t have above mentioned triples…I am not that far along in my addiction. I am still kind of a BLF newb.
Minimal collection:
Several SK68 clones (many gifted for AA use….most of mine 14500)
Zoomie XM-L T6 with what I’m sure is an LB from reading on here (my sweet wife bought it for me after I’d decided against it…now been gifted to my dad)
Some random 2x18650 3 LED (no clue if it’s CREE or not) light that’s actually pretty bright…probably slightly brighter than my other lights
Astrolux S1 (rotating b/t 18650 and 18350)
Nitecore EA11 (still love the UI on that)
Zebralight SC62w (my got to EDC now…told me wife that’d be it for a while)
5 Nitecore TIPs (justified by group buy from Calvin and getting some Christmas gifts early)
But yes….would like some kind of triple or quad beyond my cheapie one day….kinda thinking an SRK styled one…love the idea of 1,2,3 or 4 cells…….maaaaayyyyyyy look into the Q8……but I have to admit….there are more moments I walk around and think….“For my daily and even possible emergency uses….I have more than enough lights” (I know….30 lashes for that too).
My son, your biggest sin was to not have whipped out your torch at any moment. Before or after the infamous phone flash, your light would have been most impressive and highly appreciated.
Trust me, when darkness holds dominion, only a blockhead will question your possession of a flashlight before taking a liking to the one guy who has a source of electromagnetic energy in the visible spectrum.
Your punishment is to purchase a Convoy S2+ with the tint of your choice, and promise to use it without shame at the very first opportunity!
Summer 2011, the summer Keltex is referring to with over 100 days of 100+ degrees, we had a wedding to shoot in New Mexico. I loaded the gear in the car to leave here at 3AM and it was still 86º, so muggy I was soaked in sweat in the couple of minutes it took to put the camera equipment in the car. (luggage was already packed) [flashback, we got about 10 miles from home and had to turn around and find a long alternate course which took us way out of the way and cost over an hour and a half of time, a trucker had flipped a fuel tanker and it was burning, blocking the highway. What a start to what turned out to be a very nice working vacation for us.]
New Mexico was a dream, 80º and a breeze, they were complaining about the heat but we felt like the AC was on everywhere we were. I almost got cold hiking up in the mountains at nearly 10,000 feet elevation. Coming home, everything looked like some kind of war zone, not only creeks were dried up but rivers too! It was a brutal summer, for sure.
My cousin, the decathlete, was in a track meet in Kansas with temps of 108º, doing his 10 events over 2 days of blistering heat. Can you imagine running the 1500M at the end of 2 days, in that kind of temps? My cousin had his pole vault pole break on day 2, about a 14” piece snapped up out of the pit and hit him in the crotch. He got second in the pole vault after about 20 minutes of vomiting. Then did the javelin and finished out with that 1500M with his testicles swelling up. He’s iron though, closest competitor was 200M back when he finished the 1500M. I kid you not. The boy was 16.
5 years ago I didn’t have any major powerhouse lights either. I thought I had a neat little AAA light that seemed bright at the time, but inside Carlsbad Caverns it was swallowed up like deep space. I was humbled. And on the search for MOAH POWAH!
I wish I could talk like that. :laughing: Awe-some. Cracking up here in this room I’m supposed to be silent in….stop it!
Don’t whip me for me asking this…but this Ti Quad you’re referring to…doesn’t sound like an EDC type thing…is it?
I will have to beg forgiveness again…but with my Astro S1 (3D), Nitecore EA11 and Zebralight SC62w, I THINK……I say I THINK (emphasis because I’m sure something will change my mind soon……like maybe an S2+ triple or something) I’ve got my tint preferences covered….and I PROMISE to never hesitate again.
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
PS. Love the eloquence of your reply……especially ” source of electromagnetic energy in the visible spectrum”. :+1:
Um…um GOWA……
The Miller
Apologies if I’ve inappropriately blown up your thread.
I gotta agree with Mr Kellar here. Once the lights go out, you are allowed - nay, expected, to remedy the situation.
Suggested responses to the (stoo’pit) question- “Why do you have a flashlight?”:
- Well, since the accident, I can’t see in the dark anymore.
- It’s easier than carrying a set of night vision goggles.
- It’s dark a minimum of 8 hours a day, and you want to know WHY I carry a flashlight?
- Because I know I can’t see in the dark, why don’t YOU have a flashlight?
- Inspection light for work, might as well use it.
- Chicks (dudes) dig it.
I nearly always check the area around where my family sits with my EDC before leaving the theater to be sure that nothing is left behind.
Heheh not at all 
Wise lesson you teach us, USE IT OR BE SORRY 
YEAH it is so cool to have some lights
When our new neighbours had their housewarming my son and me went home to get some lights
All guests were grateful
cdj, it’s a scratch built EDC I wear daily.
I simply punched a hole sideways through the nub inside the rubber boot and pushed a trit vial into it, works like a charm to locate the light without using any of the juice from the 18350 cell.
Also made the belt sheath from a carbon fiber print material called Holstex, which is similar to Kydex in how it’s used and formed.
Anyone ever watch Harry Potter movies with the kids? Ever notice the tiny pup tent they pitch out in the woods that has multi rooms inside and is cavernous, by magic? How sweet would a spell like that be for the pocket? Stuff one of these massive TrustFire TR-J20’s into a watch pocket and pull it out in a theater situation like that? 15,000 lumens, emergency lighting. But. But. but, where did that come from?
(the quad thing, edc, made me think of that, lol)
Last black out i had was my fault! I was cleaning the kitchen and water dripped onto a power point behind the oven. So i pulled the breaker and let it dry out. Now i have put sealant there should help with the issue. I done all the power points in the kitchen with sealant.
Cracking me up. Gonna have to commit some of those to memory!