power outage. the whole of auckland. right down to hamilton. snow in chch. earthquake in japan. is this spelling the start of armageddon?....

wanting to work later this morning, i walked as usual to my workplace but it took me super long to arrive. reason being that the traffic lights weren't working and so i took 10 mins to cross the ped crossings at fanshawe st. why 10 mins? firstly i was half awake while waiting for my turn to cross, and secondly fanshawe st was so smooth flowing you have to be fast and alert enough... which i wasn't at that time. glad i's still alive.

(Being a transportation engineer myself, I reckon less traffic lights at intersections could lessen the travel time for drivers, though that would mean longer travel time for pedestrians....)

arriving at work was a pain in the ass. cafe downstairs was dark. walking up the stairs was a strain in the eyes as there were no power lighting at all. But we had to stay on at office hoping for electricity to recover.

there was still no sign of any good news, and most employees were sent home. power came back at 3pm but just a few 'overworked' people like my boss stayed on.

bloody power cut. zero productivity for employers. millions of dollars of loss time paid to employees. disappointing infrastructure.



bet everyone was shit scared when the outage occured. Could we have survived if no power is supplied for 3 days? We could. If we do the necessary stock up of foods. Charge your batteries people... I'm a frequent user of cell phone. I'd die if my phone dies. Being such a paranoid I'd carry one extra just in case.

...which leads to my, seldomly given, praise to Telecom for providing the infrastructure during the crisis. Landlines are inevitably indispensable. Thank you. You made it possible for people to communicate.