What Would I Do Without Electricity?

Last weekend there was a power outage in most parts of Hayward and Castro Valley. At the time I happened to be at my friend's house in Hayward. We were planning to camp out in her backyard for the night, but due to the inconvenience we weren't sure if we could. I arrived at her house around 6 p.m. When I entered it was quiet, the sounds of music was nowhere to be found. My friend, Haley, informed me about the power outage and how nothing was working. Sadly on the car ride there I drained my phone battery hoping that I could charge it at her house. My phone had 5% battery left. I was worried that it would turn off because at the time I was texting somebody.

Haley and I sat downstairs at her dining table accompanied by her older sister, we sat in silence listening to her ipod. As we sat I realized how horrible our lives would be without electricity. We were extremely bored, and as the night went on it started getting darker. Haley and I searched the house for candles that we could light up since there was no lamp that would turn on. Once all the candles were lit, we went back to the table to sit. All of a sudden a light turned on. It took us a while to realize that the power was coming back. We were so excited when all of the lights turned on. I could now charge my phone.

After this experience, I realized how important electricity is to people these days. I found it a bit unhealthy to know that instead of finding something else that didn't require power to do, we decided to listen to music. We sat at the table for three hours not knowing what we could do. Electricity has become something very important in our lives and without it, it would be hard to function the same.