Black out

It's hard to imagine what a world without electricity would be like - but we got a small taste of it this afternoon when the lights went out for over an hour. I was in a cafe in Camperdown at the time and thought it was just theirs, but it turned out to be a much wider blackout - spreading at least as far as Marrickville. I'm watching the news at the moment to see if there is any mention of it (the power came on in time - and there had been nothing on the radio) - and how wide the outage was. Luckily we had headlamps (so there all those who have previously sniggered at my insistence of having two on the premises) to use around the house until the lights came back on - and even though we made it home in one piece, I know that the lack of traffic lights undoubtedly created a couple of bingles that may not otherwise have happened. But it does make you wonder what it would be like if the power was out for a long time. We have come to rely on it!