Systems Down

Wow, today was really hectic. In the middle of Biology class, the video we were watching on the African Savannah suddenly cut out as the electricity to our school went down and back up again. In all honesty, it was kind of scary being plunged into that darkness unexpectedly, and a lot of people were yelling in shock. Jupe and I were holding hands and sitting next to each other a couple of rows back during the movie, and when the lights went out it was comforting to know that she was next to me. After the lights came back on a couple of minutes later, the worst seemed to have been over, but by the end of the school day we all knew that something much more ominous was happening. At first the destruction wasn't very noticeable, but as the day went on, the air and the water became noticeably more dusty and chalky. By math class, several government notices had interrupted classes to state that the city’s life support system had been damaged during the power short, and that the government was doing all it could to bring them back on line. By the time school got out it everything was getting unnaturally hazy and foggy.

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On the plus side, with all the commotion in the city, my dad hasn't question me about my whereabouts as much.  He seems to be too busy with work.