Powers Out

We were at Santa Barbra and we had just gotten home. My dad went in our house and tried to turn on a light. Nothing happened. He came back outside and looked around. No house had lights on. No power. "There is no power... Here the generator? Power MUST be out." Zzz. You could here the generator. We went inside and lit a bunch of candles. Sizzle, spark, spark. We lit the candle to. "Night lights work?" I asked. "No, anything that has to be plugged into the wall won't work. Even clocks. Internet, TV, nothing," my dad said. We used a flashlight until the batteries went out (which didn't happen.) We had to do homework by candle light, and we couldn't open the refrigerator or freezer! Advise? We looked at the clock. 4:55. Power had been out for TWO HOURS!!! Nipper and Twinkle were probably like 'what the heck?' when it first went out. I would have been. My mom tried to text Mrs. Brown, my friend, Jessica, her mom. Didn't work. Then Mrs. Brown called. Mom:Hey! Do you know what caused the electricity go out? Mrs. Brown: Sounded like a power surge to me! Right now we're in Santa Barbra celebrating Dana's birthday. Mom: Funny we were just up in Santa Barbra! Mrs. Brown: Powers out from Solvang to Beulton. Mom: Wow! Really? That far? Well, I got to go, bye! Mrs. Brown: I'm losing connection b... Connection got lost. After an hour of candle light, Zzz. The TV turned on. "Power!" I yelled. Me and my brother started blowing and pinching out the candles. No more candle light, hello electricity! We turned of the TV and made sure ALL the lights were working. Right now it's only 10 minutes since the power turned back on. We're baking a cake and making tea.