Aly Strauss, Week 1, The Power Outage

It was on a Wednesday, August 25th. It was a late afternoon when I finished the first real day of school. As I was finishing up my homework, my room went dark. I thought the power would eventually come back because it usually only takes a few minutes, but I would soon realize that it would take hours for it to come back.

Everyone in my house was asleep, because they were all tired from the first day of school, but not me. So, after a few minutes of trying to get everyone out of their drowsy states, they finally processed what I was telling them. My mom was pretty upset because the day before we got groceries. So, my sister and I walked around the neighborhood to see why there was a power outage, and how long it would take to get power back. Luckily, we found electrical workers. The electricians told us that the power would come back in no time, so we went home.

A few hours passed and it was now pitch black in our house. The power didn’t come back yet. We had to use the flashlights on our phones for light because we had no candles, and our old flashlight didn’t work. It was getting late and I still had homework online to finish so I was panicking. My sister on the other hand, was relieved because her phone still worked (unlike mine). Finally, around 9ish… the power came back! My sister was rambling about how grateful we were to have power in the first place, but I was just happy our power came back. Are you grateful for power?