How often has your home lost electricity (for more than a few minutes) over the past five years?

Just last summer:

 26%

Just this week:

 3%

Both last summer and this week:

 25%

Neither last summer nor this week, but some other time:

 18%

My home loses power all the time:

 13%

My home never loses power:

 14%

All instances taken together, how long has your power at home been off in the last year?

A few minutes:

 9%

A few hours:

 19%

A few days:

 42%

A few weeks, or longer:

 15%

Not at all:

 15%

What are you most likely to do when the electricity first goes off?

Go out immediately and find some place with electricity:

 8%

Go out immediately and find some place with alcohol:

 9%

Light a candle or turn on a flashlight:

 73%

Crank up the emergency generator:

 3%

Go to bed:

 7%

Where would you be most likely to go if your home lost power for more than a few minutes?

A hotel:

 10%

A relative's house:

 25%

A friend's house:

 13%

A public place, like a library:

 3%

A heating center:

 1%

I'd stay in my home:

 48%

Which of the following do you most blame for the major power outages this year?

The utility company that provides the power:

 40%

The Public Service Commission that regulates the utility company:

 11%

The weather forecaster who didn't see it coming:

 0%

The earliest settlers of St. Louis who didn't have the foresight to keep on going to Phoenix:

 2%

No one: it was the weather:

 46%

Are the power lines in your neighborhood buried underground or hanging above the ground on poles?

Buried underground:

 15%

On poles above ground:

 81%

I don't know:

 3%

My home is powered by a solar or wind-powered generator:

 0%

How much more would you be willing to pay a year on your utility bill to have all the power lines in the St. Louis region buried underground?

A few dollars more a year:

 48%

A few hundred dollars more a year:

 25%

A few thousand dollars more a year:

 2%

I wouldn't want to pay any more than I currently pay:

 26%

Which local TV station's weather team has done the best job of predicting the recent cold weather?

Channel 2

 17%

Channel 4

 6%

Channel 5

 18%

Channel 11

 1%

They've all been about the same

 57%

Which "emergency kit" most matches your personality?

Flashlights, a battery-powered radio, and a good book:

 58%

Candles, a bottle of Jack Daniels, and a secret stash of candy:

 19%

Cell phone and the numbers to every delivery restaurant in town:

 17%

Burnt-out batteries, empty cans, and a filled-up crossword puzzle left over from the summer's storm:

 6%

What is the most annoying thing about being without power?

No light in the bathroom:

 23%

Forced conversation with family members

 4%

Missing Lost

 5%

5 pm bedtime:

 8%

Wearing layers of clothing:

 15%

Something else:

 45%

Which of these "electric" movies is your favorite?

Edison, The Man (1940):

 23%

Blade Runner, or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1982)

 43%

Electric Dreams (1984)

 5%

Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)

 2%

Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006):

 28%

Which resource do you think will generate most of the St. Louis region's power ten years from now?

Coal:

 40%

Oil

 8%

Wind

 10%

Trash:

 9%

Water:

 7%

Peat:

 1%

Nuclear:

 24%