Last evening at around 6.30 the lights went out, as did the heating. It's the middle of winter here meaning it is dark and cold. The electricity company predicted restoration by 9.45, quite a wait in the dark with only candles and a wind up torch. Obviously no tv, radio or Wifi to occupy the hours. Without a charger that could work on moonbeams, mobile phone charge was at a premium too.
You can't even boil water to make a cuppa, grrr.
You can imagine the joy when the lights came back on at 7.30. You can no doubt understand the annoyance when the lights went out again 15 minutes later.
Apparently an underground cable had failed and the new prediction was 3am. Did I mention how dark, cold and eerie it can be without power? Not to mention boring. All the things you want to do get put on hold; not even reading an ebook due to the lack of charging facilities.
Thankfully the good people at SSE were able to keep their revised promise and I imagine a good number of people were woken at 3am to the sound of all their electrical appliances and heating systems restarting.
Makes me wonder how did we become so dependent on electrical devices that life seemingly stops when they are taken away?
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