Black out! by orangecrush

Black out!

Yesterday we had a historic black out here in San Diego! From Arizona all the way into Mexico! Everyone lost power at 3:40 pm and it stayed off until the middle of the night! It was 100 deg and with no air conditioning, it was a little sticky. When the sun went down it was so bizarre! Downtown was black, no street lights and it was silent! The only lights were people walking the streets with their flash lights! It was surreal! Makes one think about how depended we are on electricity!
All the schools are closed today in our county so what to do today...DisneyLand! I'll catch up with everyone tomorrow! Thank you all so much for all your comments and fav's on my last pic! You guys rock! :)
I couldn't think of anything better to do!! Awesome pic of something so ordinary! Great shot.
September 9th, 2011  
great shot! we were just out of range....glad you got power back this am!
September 9th, 2011  
wow, mental.. we never realise what we need until its not there..
September 9th, 2011  
I love your perspective! We had a huge blackout about 8 years ago. I was amazed at how many stars you could see!
September 9th, 2011  
cool shot, sounds like a crazy day!
September 9th, 2011  
we played poker and walked around cuz driving was just crazy with all the lights out! glad to see you found something to entertain yourself ha
great picture too love it!
September 9th, 2011  
wow cool shot!Fav!
September 9th, 2011  
this is soo cool!
September 9th, 2011  
well the epic black out made for an epic photo!!! awesome!!!
September 9th, 2011  
WICKED angle and i love that sky too!!! that is unreal about the power going out over that big of an area!!!
September 9th, 2011  
i've never been so scared of a mailbox
September 9th, 2011  
Awesome shot and perspective! Crazy sky!
September 9th, 2011  
Such a creative, great photo!
September 9th, 2011  
Great perspective
September 9th, 2011  
So totally fav'd! Fantastically done!
September 9th, 2011  
Saw your blackout on our news. Great shot - again
September 9th, 2011  
When I first looked at this, I thought it was the Tardis from Dr Who lol Awesome shot
September 9th, 2011  
oh wow cool angle
September 9th, 2011  
Great angle and unusual colour sky xx
September 9th, 2011  
Fantastic POV, and great looking skies.
September 9th, 2011  
Nice angle and pov! We heard about the black out up here in the northern half of the state.
September 9th, 2011  
Wow...very nice perspective.
September 9th, 2011  
Great PoV. x
September 10th, 2011  
The pov is spectacular!! Love it!! What a crazy day!! And DIsneyland?! I'm jealous!!
September 10th, 2011  
impressive!
September 10th, 2011  
wow ...
September 10th, 2011  
the clouds are amazing.
September 10th, 2011  
Very cool picture! We lost power for 5 days last week. It was not fun...but we survived. I love the sky!
September 10th, 2011  
Cool angle and moody sky!
September 10th, 2011  
Oh dear! I wonder what caused it
September 10th, 2011  
Yeah, I'm addicted to electricity! I love your POV and your processing! I hope you have an illuminated weekend! ;-)
September 10th, 2011  
Excellent perspective! Wonderful shot!
September 10th, 2011  
Fantastic POV and processing!
September 10th, 2011  
Terrific POV. Hope you got your power on now.
September 10th, 2011  
Serious goosebumps. Love it!
September 10th, 2011  
Brilliant photo!! and WOW what a black out, that would have been so creepy!
September 10th, 2011  
WOAHHHHH
September 11th, 2011  
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I don't really like doing these group thank you's but I seem to have gotten a little backed up! I want to thank all of you very much for your comments and favs! Funny, one of the thing I couldn't stop thinking about during the black out was "How am I going to do 365 without electricity!" Its a disease! ;o) Thank you again!!!!
September 11th, 2011  
WOW thats so freaky! Next time you have an outage, call the electric co and ask them to hook you up. I do it and they always add me first in line on priority. squeeky wheels! lol

Love this gone postal shot, Jerry! Excellent metaphor and concept!!!
September 11th, 2011  
Blackouts in a small country town are bad enough but I think in a city it would be quite scary.
September 11th, 2011  
You are soooo talented. sorry about the outage...my dad was down there during that..
September 11th, 2011  
looks like the monolith from 2001 the space odyssey!
September 12th, 2011  
@f365 It was a crazy experience! Fun though!
@bella_ss Driving was very nervous! People weren't stopping for traffic lights because you couldn't see them!
@robinwarner Your too sweet, Robin! :) Thank you!
@mhatch Thanks, Mark!
September 12th, 2011  
The perspective and wide angle makes this structure seem so formidable! Love it!
September 13th, 2011  
@pocketmouse Thank you again, Teresa! :)
September 14th, 2011  
this awesome :) ...postal box becoming art :D ! love it
September 14th, 2011  
I love this shot. Not only do you talk about the blackout but it made me think of all the issues with the mail system possibly shutting down certain days. Dark days for the mail :) Nice!
September 15th, 2011  
This is so kewl... love the angle.. and the light is making it seem as though it is looming off the page. You are most correct about our dependency on so many things we take for granted. When my kiddos were wee things we used to go on camping vacations.. tents and sleeping blankets.. unplug for a week.. no tv, no electricity at night just a lantern, board games and lots of laughter.
September 15th, 2011  
great angle and cool shot! I never heard of a power failure becoming an historic event. When I lived in PNG, blackouts were that common that we would celebrate if we got 24 hours of continuous full supply!
September 15th, 2011  
I love the POV
September 16th, 2011  
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