The blackout of September 8th, 2011- which lasted for about a whole day really changed my life. Not only did I realize how much I depend on electricity, phone lines, and the internet, and how unprepared my family was when it came to situations like a blackout.
Most of the time, we just used candles, and tried figuring out a way to eat. Since all the stores were closed right when the black out occurred, and there was no gas working. I remembered we had these individual gas powered stoves. So all we me and my family did was stay outside, in the backyard and cooked on that mini stove the whole night, with candles and had kind of like a bonding session for the day. Though, it was really boring, since I couldn't really do my homework, being difficult to see.
Another experience that really changed my life, was being in the dark for so long. I have really bad paranoia and I'm terrified of the dark, but after spending a couple of hours in the dark, I got used to the idea. I peacefully slept with no night light that day.
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