So I really needed to make some progress this weekend-- here on Hive, but mostly moving things around and getting some cash for bills-- but then the power went out... for 15 HOURS.
Yeah. Fifteen long, depressing hours... and most of them were spent in silent darkness, as it went out just after 3pm yesterday. It was due apparently to a number of major thunderstorms with high winds and a possible tornado... here is one CBC STORY talking about the day's weather anomalies.
Photo c/o COOPER BAUMGARTNER on Unsplash.
I didn't see any tornadoes though... only the blank clock-face on my stove and the deepening twilight. So I did some reading-- The Greatest Salesman in the World, by Og Mandino-- by candlelight (which was nice) and got as much sleep as I could overnight.
But Terrible Weekend Vibes!
And it got me thinking about our complete dependence on this new world product of ours, this commodity that has been an integral part of our lives for so long that we rarely get a chance to truly appreciate it...
ELECTRICITY!
It's like the whole world stops when we don't have #power... and yet it wasn't too long ago that we lived our entire lives without it. Crazy, right?
I have candles for light, but I was worried about my refrigerated and frozen food (and I still am, but I'll check it all out once things have cooled back down) and I really wanted some hot food and a cup of coffee.
And I know what some of you are thinking... there are generators and renewable #energy products these days which should minimize the impact of outages like this. But I honestly didn't hear of too many people who were prepared-- definitely nobody in my circle.
All of the stores and services in our area-- rural Eastern Ontario, #Canada, but not far from a few city centers-- are closed completely during power outages too... so backup electricity is clearly still not commonplace.
We were screwed for fifteen hours, basically.
With Great Power Comes Great Fallibility.
I really should be better prepared next time. There isn't much I can do about living in an apartment building with no backup power, but I can definitely have a few emergency protocols, a better store of non-perishable food and a few small renewable energy sources to use in an emergency.
Something... 'cause God damn!
Modern Humans Are Useless.
If one of us went back in time 150 years to anywhere in the world, we would die pretty quickly after being ridiculed and ostracized by the locals for our obvious lack of ability or utility.
We would be a liability, worth less than a head of cattle.
The End.
That's my rant. I still have a bit of #weekend to work with, and I'll make the most of it... but I guess I just needed to get it off my chest. (Big sigh: let us pray for the species.)