Blackout

There was a blackout from 4am until 3pm on Sunday. I didn't think they would really start so early but they did. I was awake in the dark for a few hours but thats ok because with no lights anywhere, not even on the very busy street/highway, the stars were more clearly visible than ever.  You could stare deep into the heart of the galaxy and marvel at the thin wispy band of the Milky Way sweeping across the sky.

Beautiful isn't it? If only I had a camera that could photograph the miracle that is the night sky.

A blackout means no internet! (Some would say Globe also means no internet.)

Being cut off from the internet is not so terrible. I spend too much time here anyway and I have many obligations that need taking care of.  

The biggest hardship of any blackout where I live is that the water station pump is hooked into the grid so that means no water for as long as the blackout plus as long as it takes for the water company to turn it back on. Until then you have to conserve the buckets you filled up the night before. (Thankfully the electric company gives notice of blackouts before they happen.)

The water did not turn back on until an hour and fifteen minutes after the electricity. 

This blackout was planned but the next one will unexpectedly occur when the transformer up the street randomly explodes in the middle of the night as it does too often.