Tim A.
As someone who woke up last Friday because of the absolute silence at 4:00 am, its an interesting situation. It was so quiet that it woke me up. Since all my clocks are electric, I was afraid to go back to sleep for fear of waking up too late to get to work on time. The only way to find out the time was to turn on my laptop computer. As I sat there, in the dark except for the glow off my laptop monitor, the first thing I thought of was Y2K. I immediately ran upstairs and loaded up my shotgun, you never know when ones neighbors that seem so friendly will turn on you. You see, I had candles and batteries for my Sony Walkman and about one hour left on my laptop battery. Then it dawned on me, the warm water was not going to be there for ever, I put the gun aside and took the last warm shower of the weekend under the glow of a failing flashlight. After dressing, btw, do not try to shave in the dark, no matter how much I wanted to protect my "castle", it's really boring sitting around in the dark so I decided to go to work early. My travels to and from work are stories for another time, but I did work the day. When I arrived home from work the neighborhood was still in the dark. I noted ominously a crowd hovering close to my domicile. The milder weather seemed to bring the neighbors out. I was faced with a decision. Should I run for the safety of home or confront the crowd? I decided to meet the multicultural mob I called my neighbors, in less turbulent times, unarmed. To say that is was tense, is an understatement. Everyone was less concerned about themselves then others. So we all bitched and complained about the electricity, community events and what needed to be done to resolve some of the community problems. After the lights had been on for 2 hours our mob broke up because of the cold. All in all, it seems that the great ice storm of 99 knocked down some fences as well as electrical wires.
Tom (kinda Tongue-in-cheek) |
