here's life

Last night I was driving with a friend, and it was a clear, chilly night, about midnight. We were in the north east part of town, it happened. I think I saw the sky glow blue for a second, but Jeff didn’t notice, but we both saw the lights and signs go black—the power went out for a second or two. We were approaching a stoplight, and when it came back on, it was yellow—is that part of the failsafe? Immediately, I thought that maybe it was an EMP or nuke or something. But it only seemed to effect things connected to the grid–other cars continued to drive. Of course, my car was unaffected, since it runs on heat and vacuum, not electricity. So, it must have been a power outage. If it had been a bomb or something, how would I have known? Maybe I should start carrying a dosimeter so that I know if we’ve gotten hit by radiation. Not that there is much one can do about it. But since I get all my news from webcomics, I wouldn’t know that the rest of the town was dead or had superpowers or anything until someone started poking fun at it. Or I show up to work on Monday,,,and no one is there.
Oh, that’s assuming I survived. So far, so good. That brownout didn’t even faze me!