The state's power grid (SESCO) came to a halt at around 6.30pm which gradually threw the whole state into total darkness in what to be the worst power crisis in this century.
I was shopping sundries at Spring when it all happened .....wished that i could get away without paying but unfortunately they had a back-up power source!
So i went home ....as dusk sets in ,the whole city will be in total darkness .
I remembered of the frequent power disruptions before the first hydro dam was commission in Batang Ai......that was more than 20 years ago!! The thought of it happening at this present in such a large scale would never crossed any Sarawakian's mind.
After dusk..............
Comes total darkness............
We lit candles while awaiting for the power to be restow and so i had my candle-light dinner.
It was after 9pm , i drove out from my house that i heard the power was restowed in some parts of the city......
When i reached the city center ,however,most of the streets and buildings were still in total darkness .....
Finally power was restowed gradually after 11pm ....5 hours after the power grid went down.
I wonder when the next power failure comes and much longer than the last ,would it throw the whole state in total chaos or in a total state of emergency.
What would happen then is a realization that we are too dependent on electricity..........
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