black out dayz

i should have known something was wrong at around 5 am when my boyfriend woke up and said:
"baby, why can't i see the clocks?"
i replied "i don't fuckin know," and in my sleep deprived state i couldn't know. i set my phone alarm and he still woke up late.
personally, i dreamt that the clocks had come back on during my slumber and i was able to make my breakfast... but when i finally opened my eyes i realised it was yet another of my lazy attempts to sleep in later.
that's when his mother came to the door and said she needed to talk to me because something was going on...
immediately i worried because my phone wasn't working, something had to be wrong with brian... i rushed outside so she could tell me that it was an Island wide black out!
the one power station that services the entire Island had a huge fire at around 3 am and it took over 70 firefighters eight hours to put the blaze out...
brian called from work in a panic insisting that i not leave the house because he didn't want me involved in the ensuing may lay occuring on the streets of our one block cbd.
since we have a gas stove, the family asked to use ours to boil water - in a time of crisis everyone wants coffee... funny story, his 80 year old aunt is visiting from the states. she was one of the first awake in the main household and was paitently waiting for the water to boil. when finally everyone else woke up they found her in the kitchen, still paitently waiting... and when they told her what happened she said... "i was wondering why it was taking so long!"... :
traffic lights were out and drivers were not feeling particularly friendly
brian eventually made it home after several near homicide attempts and a long wait in line for gas at one of the two operational gas stations on the Island...
what were we to do? it was swelteringly hot, no music or tv, no opening and closing the fridge... thank god for the pool or i may have melted...
police officers were sent to block off several streets because the mad rush for gasoline was causing grid lock - people were stuck in their cars for hours as they got mad at the bikes that were pushing in front of the line
people are completely underprepared for disastors such as this... like how canadians forget how to drive in the snow...
it turned out to be a half and half day... they all seem to be for me... the best part being that i didn't have to go to work and got a chance to work on my sunburn.
a black out is always better than a natural disaster because no one really gets hurt... unless you are in the states and people start rioting and looting. luckily bermudians only care about getting a drink and having a party and those places that support those habits were open and available...
people didn't even steal news papers! they left the money on top of the pile...

that's the story of the belco blaze... well my edition anyway...