darkness is the absence of light

The power has been out now for about 3 hours.  For some reason I don't mind the power outage and the quiet, but it makes the rest of the family crazy pretty quickly.  Cole says its like the 1800s with no electricity.  We went swimming after the storm was over, then settled in to wait on the lights to come back on.  I wasn't aware that asking "when are the lights coming back on?" helps the power company employees to work faster and more efficiently.  I know this is so...why else would my kids ask this  38 times each in the last 3 hours? Hopefully the workers appreciate our family doing our part to improve their efficiency and we'll be back in the 21st century soon