Blackout Experience!

When the blackout occurred last thursday, I was at my house with my sister and a friend. We had just arrived from school and it was about 3:45, we where looking for something to eat, when all the lights went completely off. We thought that it was just our building, but then we started hearing the firefighters sirens, and we saw that some stop lights were not working, we eventually realized that it wasen't just us, but many people without light. Since we didn't have anything else to do, when my mom arrived from work, my sister, my mom, and I went outside and sat around the pool. We were not the only ones outside, we saw many neighbors that also decided to spend some time outside with their family members, there were kids playing soccer, others running, and everyone was just having a good time. When it started to get dark, we decided to go back home, and turn on the candles that we had. We talked for a while inside our house, and then we went back outside for a little while to appreciate how wonderful the sky looked. There were many shinning stars, and a beautiful bright moon. As all those things happend, we of course wanted to talk to some of our family members, to see if they were doing allright, but house phones were not working, cell phones were not working either, so we had no communication until the next day. This blackout helped me realize that we actually depend a lot on electricity. Since we are so use to watch t.v, use the internet, talk on phones, etc. For me, it felt good to live a day without electricity, because it helped me appreciate what I have every single day. It was also fun, to live a day without electricity because it helped us, spend more time with loved ones. -Arlette