Electricity, food and water are basic human needs and have been the main demands of the majority of Yemenis long before the revolution started and still continue to be so. Nothing seems to have changed with the overthrow of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and living conditions only seem to get worse under the new National Consensus Government. Most Yemenis are living in dire conditions due to the daily and long hours of electricity cuts that have been affecting most areas of Yemen, from the north to the south. Yemeni netizens expressed their views about the electricity cuts via Twitter. Those outside Yemen wrote in solidarity while those in Yemen, including, students, journalists and visitors, vented their frustration. Yemenis outside Yemen Marwan Almuraisy creatively tweeted: @almuraisy: If yo.. wa..t to kn..w wha.. ar.. peo..le in #Yemen deman..ing n..w, Ju..t as.. wh..n w..s th.. el..ctr..ci..y ON la..t on..e? Haitham Al-Shami tweeted: @HAITHAMshami: Most Tweets about #Yemen are now about electricity, everything else is minor now, Power Outage is a B***h Sana2 Al-Yemen tweeted: @Sanasiino: Depriving people of electricity in such conditions is a slow and painful approach to murder. This form of punishment is unacceptable #Yemen @Sanasiino:Electricity is cut every two hours in Aden #Yemen. Two days ago protests were staged at 4am after people could not stand the overnight heat @Sanasiino:The issue of electricity NEEDS to be addressed in #Yemen and especially the South where humidity and heat is much more prevalent Ameera tweeted: @ameeraymnia: Mom says she has had less than 1 hour of electricity in the past 24 hours #SANAA #YEMEN :( Abdulla Althawr was proactively planning for a solution to Yemen's electricity problem: @abdullaht: Already looking up masters in renewable energy to start my solar energy company in Yemen! Lucrative business 4 a country without electricity Yemenis in Yemen Activist Atiaf Alwazir shared her agony through her tweets: @womanfromYemen: today, electricity has been disconnected since the morning. Did something happen to the power lines AGAIN? #YEMEN @womanfromyemen: we did not have any electricity for the last 24 hours, the only thing the neighbors are talking about today is that. #yemen @wowanfromyemen: no electricity since yesterday, 6 minutes left on my computer battery & phone is almost dying. so plz excuse me for not responding. #Yemen @womanfromyemen: how wonderful it feels when the room suddenly lights up b/c electricity is back on, good thing i wasn't asleep yet. #Yemen @wowmanfromyemen: no way! #electricity just cut off again :( :* .. what was that only 1 hour of power? #Yemen @womanfromYemen: #Yemen: those in need of regular kidney dialysis have been greatly effected by lack of #electricity in the hospitals. Atiaf's husband Benjamin Wiacek also tweeted his frustration: @Nefermaat: no #Electricity since 14h hours (4h total in 3 days) also means food in the freezer is out of use, all melted !! what a waste #Sanaa #Yemen @Nefermaat:Al-HAMDULILLAH !!!!! #Electricity just turned on !!!! It's 3:49pm now, let's see how long it stays… #Sanaa #Yemen Abdulrahman Jaber sarcastically echoed: @ARJaber:1 hour electricity a day … That what time management is all about :p #Yemen Nadia Daar tweeted: @nadiadaar: Once again find myself in #Sana'a #Yemen realizing how much i take electricity for granted living in DC. Maysa AlYemen tweeted: ‏@MaysaAlYemen: You know a friend is back in #Yemen when he/she starts tweeting about electricity. Mohammed Al-Asaadi ironically wondered: @alasaadim:Yemenis: Al Qaida gave town security, at a cost: bit.ly/L0sv86 #Yemen – Can we contract Al #Qaida 2 protect the electricity network? Alaa Isam also tweeted the same ordeal from Aden: @AlaaIsam: #Power in #Aden 2 hours On and 2 hours Off #Electricity #SouthYemen #Yemen #yf #hell Students Hundreds of students all over Yemen are angered by daily blackouts with only two hours of electricity or less which made them resort to studying in candle light staged protests.