Reviviendo malos recuerdos de aquel apagón del 2019 (ESP-ENG)

in Catarsis16 days ago


This post is both in English and Spanish, you can go directly to english by clicking HERE

¡Hola hivers!💜

Espero que se encuentren bien. Vine a respirar hondo y soltar un poco de la angustia, el temor y la incertidumbre (que todavía persiste) luego de vivir un segundo apagón nacional en mi país Venezuela este 30 de agosto.


Para el mes de marzo del año 2019, vivimos un apagón nacional que duró aproximadamente 5 días y dejó al país sumido en la oscuridad. Días de incertidumbre, oscuridad y miedos dejaron a más de uno con traumas. Hace unas semanas, en mi ciudad Cumaná, una de nuestras subestaciones explotó, dejando a casi toda la ciudad a oscuras en la madrugada. Imaginate estar a oscuras, que solo brillan las estrellas y la luna, incomunicada por completo porque ni internet ni señal de datos telefónica y sin saber cuándo volvería la luz siendo de madrugada y volviendo los malos recuerdos del 2019. Fue una noche espantosa y que lograron solventar al día siguiente.


Lamentablemente, nos acostumbramos a lo malo. Y la noche del jueves 29 explotó la subestación de nuevo, pero no se me fue la luz más allá de un bajón horroroso. Estaba tranquila, hasta que a las 4:45 am del viernes 30 se fue la luz, me asomé por la ventana y la oscuridad era completa. Aun así mantuve la calma, seguí durmiendo hasta las 7am que me levante a terminar un lienzo para mi taller del sábado 31. Tenía que salir a comprar unas cosas que faltaban y aspiraba adelantar eso para ir tranquila, porque la luz seguro llegaria rapido.


A las 8:35am llegó un fatídico mensaje que me decía que no me asustara que aparentemente era un apagón nacional. En ese momento empezó la locura. Quería salir y preguntarle a todos, no había velas, no había comida en casa, no sabia que pasaria con el taller, mi telefono de casa estaba muerto, no tenía casi señal, de vez en cuando entraba un mensaje de texto pero ni pensar en llamar.


Intente respirar hondo, ponerme cerca de todas las ventanas a ver si llegaba un soplo de señal, hice mandalas y zentangle que dio tristeza, mi perrita Buda quería bajar pero vivimos en un piso 10 y le tiene miedo a las escaleras, aun así hice un esfuerzo sobrehumano y cargue sus preciosos (y bien puestos) 20 kilitos de amor para que corriera un rato e hiciera sus necesidades (spoiler: corrió pero no hizo pipi sino hasta después de que llego a luz, creo que mi perro funciona con energía eléctrica(?)), bebimos vino con temor a que se dañara por el cambio de temperatura, ya todo en mi nevera se empezaba a descongelar. A las 5:30 pm mi fe estaba perdida, ya teníamos velas para nuestra romántica cena bajo sus luces.


A las 6:30 pm, entre conversaciones de vecinos, se encendieron las luces del pasillo: LLEGÓ LA LUZ. Aquel silencio que antes embargaba mi edificio fue reemplazado por chillidos de felicidad de niños, adultos y jóvenes.


Poco a poco se ha ido restaurando la electricidad. Continua el miedo de que se vuelva a ir, pero aquí seguimos, aguantando e intentando llevar de la mejor manera (si es que existe) todo lo que nos pasa, porque muchas de las cosas locas que hemos vivido, muchas veces se cuentan y no se creen.

Gracias por leerme
Con cariño, G.

English


Hi hivers! 💜

I hope you are well. I came to take a deep breath and release some of the anguish, fear and uncertainty (which still persists) after living a second national blackout in my country Venezuela this August 30.


For the month of March 2019, we experienced a national blackout that lasted approximately 5 days and left the country in darkness. Days of uncertainty, darkness and fears left more than one with traumas. A few weeks ago, in my city Cumaná, one of our substations exploded, leaving almost the entire city in the dark at dawn. Imagine being in the dark, with only the stars and the moon shining, completely cut off from communication because there was no internet or telephone data signal and not knowing when the lights would come back on in the early hours of the morning and the bad memories of 2019 were coming back. It was a dreadful night and they managed to solve it the next day.


Unfortunately, we got used to the bad. And on the night of Thursday 29th the substation blew up again, but I didn't lose power beyond a horrendous power outage. I was calm, until at 4:45 am on Friday the 30th the power went out, I looked out the window and the darkness was complete. Even so I kept calm, I continued sleeping until 7am when I got up to finish a canvas for my workshop on Saturday the 31st. I had to go out to buy some things that were missing and I was hoping to bring that forward to go calmly, because the light would surely arrive quickly.


At 8:35am I received a fateful message telling me not to panic because apparently it was a national blackout. At that moment the madness began. I wanted to go out and ask everyone, there were no candles, there was no food at home, I didn't know what would happen with the workshop, my home phone was dead, I had almost no signal, every once in a while a text message would come in but I didn't even think about calling.


I tried to take a deep breath, I tried to get close to all the windows to see if I could get a signal, I did mandalas and zentangle which made me sad, my dog Buda wanted to go downstairs but we live on a 10th floor and she is afraid of stairs, even so I made a superhuman effort and carried her precious (and well put) 20 kilos of love so she could run for a while and do her needs (spoiler: she ran but did not pee until after the light came on, I think my dog works with electric power(? )), we drank wine in fear that it would be damaged by the temperature change, already everything in my fridge was starting to thaw. By 5:30 pm my faith was lost, we already had candles for our romantic dinner under their lights.


At 6:30 pm, between neighborly conversations, the hallway lights came on: THE LIGHT CAME. The silence that used to pervade my building was replaced by squeals of happiness from children, adults and young people.


Little by little, electricity has been restored. There is still the fear that it will go out again, but we are still here, enduring and trying to deal with everything that happens to us in the best way (if it exists), because many of the crazy things we have lived through are often told and not believed.

Thank you for reading me
With love, G.
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FUENTE
Fotos: tomadas por mi desde mi redmi 10
Traducción: Deepl

SOURCE
Photos: taken by me from my redmi 10
Translation: Deepl

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