Greetings from Blackout land!
Aug. 14th, 2003 09:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ivyblossomMy city has been blacked out since 4:30pm today, and I'm not entirely sure why I'm able to connect. I'm hijacking my dad's dial up because (of course) my dsl modem isn't working. I have no idea what's going on anywhere else in the world, so forgive me if I sound uninformed. We're doing fine up here, though it's a slightly creepy now as it gets dark to see NO LIGHTS ANYWHERE. No streetlights, no traffic signals, no cosy little lights in houses, nothing.
At 4:30 all the shops and restaurances and grocery stores just shut down and everyone went home. The hot dog vender downtown must have made a killing, there was a huge line up for his wares, the only food you could buy anywhere in the vicnity. Crossing the street scares me a bit because, heck, no traffic lights means I'm just a deer in headlights.
I had to go outside and borrow someone's lighter, but now my apartment is lit by tealights grouped on plates.
Though I must say it's cool to see all these people with nothing better to do than play with their kids.
My love out to everyone else living in a blackout zone...here's to hoping we get some juice back soon. I've not got much time left...later all!
At 4:30 all the shops and restaurances and grocery stores just shut down and everyone went home. The hot dog vender downtown must have made a killing, there was a huge line up for his wares, the only food you could buy anywhere in the vicnity. Crossing the street scares me a bit because, heck, no traffic lights means I'm just a deer in headlights.
I had to go outside and borrow someone's lighter, but now my apartment is lit by tealights grouped on plates.
Though I must say it's cool to see all these people with nothing better to do than play with their kids.
My love out to everyone else living in a blackout zone...here's to hoping we get some juice back soon. I've not got much time left...later all!
