When Everything Went Dark in a Blink
Fourteen hours without electricity might not sound like much on paper. But when you actually live through it; no power, no internet, no mobile signal, not even emergency access to 112; it hits differently. The whole city had gone silent; as if someone had just switched off life itself. At first, I thought it was just a regular power cut. It happens. But as the hours went by and nothing changed, the anxiety kicked in. So I decided to hop on my bicycle and ride through the city; maybe I could find someone who knew what was going on . The streets were eerily quiet. But underneath that silence, there was a strange kind of invisible chaos. Traffic lights were down. Cars were stuck at intersections. Some were honking, others just frozen in place. People weren’t really walking; they were standing, looking around, unsure of their next move. It felt like we were all waiting for something ; but no one knew what exactly. It reminded me of scenes from The Day After Tomorrow or Contagio...