When the Light Go Down in the City

So as a little post-Christmas treat, Oahu was gifted an island wide blackout this past Friday night. Here are some of my notes on the same:

KSSK was essentially the only station on air during the blackout and simulcasted on its sister clear channel stations. Thus, KSSK is what I listened to. Specifically, I got through the blackout with Perry on my left and Price on my right. It was my own personal sandwich nightmare. First, Perry and Price, you so need new promo spots. I still can't quite tell if those spots are a joke. Sadly, I get the feeling that they are a joke, but one that Perry and Price may not be in on. On the upside, if I were not forced to listen to KSSK I would have missed out on such jams as Kokomo by the Beach Boys. Sweet.

Throughout the night people were calling into the station offering to translate the information concerning the blackout into other languages. Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Ilokano were all represented. Only in Hawaii. I kept thinking it would have been awesome if someone like Lee Tonouchi called in to translate the info into Pidgin.

People seemed to be surprisingly understanding during the unexpected loss of electricity. When you think about it the situation was a little inconvenient, but as blackouts go it was not as devastating as it could have been. It did not occur on Christmas day, it stretched through the night when most people are asleep and oblivious to whether they have electricity or not, and it resulted from a minor lightning storm rather than anything really catastrophic.

There were of course some people who felt that HECO was to blame, which I think is fairly ridiculous. How can you blame an act of nature on an electric company? So to that guy who called in complaining, you should prolly be thankful you're not one of the guys who had to brave the wind, rain, and lightning to check on those downed electrical wires. All so you can continue your game of Halo uninterrupted. What I mean to say is eh, brah, cool your jets.