We had a day a bit like that over Christmas/New Year. Some idiot cut a cable and knocked out the electric to our entire neighbourhood. It was down for nearly 18 hours before they brought generators in. Then it was 5 days on the generators before they got the cable fixed. Fortunately the internet was unaffected.
The blackout was actually quite nice though. We live in a good sized town and rarely see a sky full of stars. It was really beautiful to go out at around 2 am and look up at a sky full of stars and a full moon on a clear winters night.
Shame about the brushfire though. Don't get too many of those here.
Just me rambling inanely.
