The day when it all went dark in Benalmadena.
We were having dinner when the table lamp went off. We thought the bulb has blown. As it was still light, we thought we will change the bulb after dinner, and we continued eating. It was when I went into the kitchen to wash the dishes that I realized that the kitchen light was also not working. An inspection of the circuit box revealed that nothing has tripped.
We opened the door to find the whole building in darkness. When we looked out of the widow, we found that the other buildings were also in darkness. The street lamps were also not working. The whole of Benalmadena was in darkness!
This was at about half past nine. We were glad that it didn’t happen while we were cooking.
Anyhow, there was nothing we could do but wait, hopefully, that the lights will be restored soon. So, we sat out on the balcony and observe the cars and people finding their way in the darkness. Thanks to the invention of mobile phones, everybody who has a mobile phone has a torchlight.
The lights were finally restored at a quarter past eleven. We heard clapping from all the buildings. But the elation was short lived. A couple of minutes later, Benalmadena was in darkness again. It took another restoration, and another black out later, before the lights were permanently restored.
All in an evening’s excitement.
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