"Where were you...?" For PicFic Tuesday 8/15/17

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

The return of PicFic!

Click on the Pic to take you to the story:

A brief reference is made to my story "Saturday Night"

Please comment here as well as the hosting site, it's appreciated!

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

We do apprecite your giving us these timely details about music and news. And the scene where Illya is just winning is well thought.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! At first I started writing the story as a judo focused piece which made it way too complicated, then I decided to approach it a little sideways and make it not about judo per se.

Glad you liked it and thanks so much for the comment!

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

I can just imagine the atmosphere of chaos within UNCLE headquarters especially in reality no one immediately knew the cause of the blackout. Believable story!!

I was thirteen and lived in Connecticut. I was in the basement feeding the dogs when the lights went out and my mother called out wanting to know what I had done...lol. Dad worked in NYC and was on the subway. Fortunately, when the blackout began his train was already at a station. He got off, hailed a taxi and paid the driver to take him all the way home to Darien. He invited the cabby in for a bite to eat and a drink, tipped the guy handsomely and the cabby was on his way back to his home. Dad wanted to get home post haste in case the blackout was due to an attack by the Soviet Union.

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I can well imagine that such a massive blackout, a such a politically sensitive time, would be a concern. It probably panicked quite a few people. I love the way you set the scene, with the music slowing down on the radio. And poor Napoleon. It will take him ages to get back.

(ps. is it true that in August '66 there was a baby boom in the areas affected by the blackout? LOL)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

LOL! What did you do? I could just hear that. So sad that your dad thinking we were under attack is now the prevalent reaction to power failures, and any sort of event of large proportion. We've come full circle again except now it's terrorists and possibly North Korea. Wow.

Glad you found the story believable, and thank you for taking the time to comment! I tried writing a judo based story to the prompt but it just got too complicated. The color the pic. made me think 'emergency lights,' and that's how this tale came about.

Hope you're able to post your story Late is better than never at all...remember that my friend.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

It's odd but I don't remember a sense of panic that we were under any sort of attack. Where I grew up (and still today) I lived not far from a government munitions depot, which in the event attack would be something targeted for sure. Thank goodness nothing nuclear there.

Yes there was a baby boom in 1966, so that pretty much says what people where doing when the lights went out.

Sadly we've had several big blackouts in the area after hurricane Sandy...that week I had no power at all. Still these other blackouts, you can't help but have your mind jump to some sort of terrorist attack. Both cases it was a transformer being hit by lightning, and then by a car accident. It actually took me years to get over that sinking feeling in my stomach every time a jet plane flies low over where I live...probably will never get over it completely.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting cuz!