Uncanny | Michelle Maxfield

Uncanny? The only uncanny thing to happen to me was the power outage yesterday. I have a webcomic, this instantly leads me into the realm of beginning geekdom - and I'll proudly admit it - I am a geek. Anyway, because the power went out, everything suddenly stopped. No one could do anything in the buildings, because they couldn't do anything without power! That added to the fact that it was simply the wind that killed the power, instead of common things such as bad weather. But everything stopped, everything seemed to slow down to a lazy Sunday afternoon, and it was only Friday!

What made this so odd to me wasn't that everything stopped, I've long since realized that our society is much too dependent on electricity, what really made this experience uncanny to me was that it wasn't just a few things affected, it was EVERYTHING. I mean, in my case, I couldn't talk to my boyfriend, or listen to music, or do anything that I would have normally done. I'm sure a lot of other's were the same as me.

But then my mind started wandering. What if there was no electricity? If Cedar City had a blackout like New York's a few years ago? How would we cope? Would it completely cripple our way of life? Or would we find a way out or around of it? Would I die from lack of music? From lack of my internet and email and connections home? Probably.