I posted about this here the night it happened, but a few years ago here in Texas, we had a MASSIVE ice storm by our standards that shut down the entire city. All power was out All streets were empty All pets were inside & all the feral critters were buckled down. All the insects were dead or dormant & there was no wind, no traffic, & no urban white noise whatsoever. NONE AT ALL. Period. The city was utterly & completely dead. The only sound I could hear was the voice in my head & it wasn't until that night that I truly realized for the first time in my life what silence sounded like.
It was simultaneously the most beautiful & terrifying thing that I''ve never heard.
...I simply have no other words that can explain how that actually felt.
