The power outage in a large swath of California provided a respite from the reliance on electric-powered devices like computers and cellphones said Theresa Duginski, a 21-year-old legal assistant who lives and works near downtown San Diego.
Duginski was sent home from her job when the power went down Thursday afternoon. The normally short, 15-minute drive took at least an hour as traffic snarled throughout the neighborhoods surrounding her home.
“It was like people suddenly forgot how to use a four-way stop at a stoplight,” Duginski said. “I don’t think people were panicking but maybe they were starting to realize they need electricity to get gas and to go to the store. It was pretty hectic.”
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Once she arrived at her apartment she got together with a group of friends and took to the building’s courtyard. Duginski laughed as she assessed the situation, noting that people were suddenly going to be forced to interact instead of spending the evening in front of their televisions and computers.
“We’re just hanging out,” she said, noting someone was firing up a barbeque and a dinner of grilled chicken and steak was expected. “This is kind of bringing to focus the reality that you don’t need all of that technology to interact…Tonight we’ll be meeting some new neighbors.”
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