Blackout

For the past two days, my house was experiencing partial electricity problems. All the apartments only had partial lights and outlet usage. Of course Con Ed said it wasn’t their problem, but after having an electrician look at it, we found out it was a Con Ed issue. Finally around 8:30 last night they showed up and started working. I was minding my own business, working on the computer and watching Monday Night Football when everything went dark. I could hear the neighbors yelling out the window, cursing the poor Con Ed worker for cutting the power. (I shrugged my shoulders and continued working, knowing power would come back eventually.) It was out for 15 minutes max before it came back on. While the neighbors rejoiced at having their power returned, those in my house still had the issue of partial lights. It took another 30 minutes for Con Ed to fix the problem (bad wiring) and restore full service to our house. Enough time for me to see the last quarter of the football game.

I know I’m not the only one to have ever experienced a blackout. If not in your house or neighborhood, maybe there was a blackout in your life. A point when everything seemed to be going wrong, nothing made sense, one incident after another had you spiraling out of control. You may have even reached the point of screaming and wondering when it was going to stop and your power would be restored. Heck, you may be screaming and waiting for your service to return right now. It may take a little while. Maybe there’s a rotten wire that needs replacing or a short in the circuit that needs fixing, but know that your power will be restored. And when it does return, your lights will seem brighter than they were before the blackout came.