Our power went out here for about an hour. About two city blocks were without electricity. It made me think ( as I was reading by candlelight.) about other places that don’t have electricity or do, at best sporadically.

Such a minor thing to us, but, when gone, such a major inconvieniance. I live in an apartment block, and we all went out with flash lights and so forth at 10 pm to try and figure out what was up. The cell phone owners (including me) called the energy company and all got automated responses.

I had a computer up on UPS and emailed them as well. Still, they don’t have that option in Bagdad. We stood out in the breezeway and talked about it. Eventually, someone brought out food and I hauled a 12 pack out and it became a very social hang out.

It confirmed my idea that you find the best of people in the weirdest times. I am all about some altruisim, no god involved, people just tend to be good and want to fix things. We were already talking about, what we would do about tomorrow, and how we could could cover one another. (it is going to be like 90 here and my neighbors know I essentially work from home).

The power came back on (obviously), but we went back to our homes with a bit more then a smiling nod for one another.