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Rain lashed against the window like angry fists while winds howled through the power lines - our cozy Amsterdam apartment suddenly felt like a sinking ship. That's when the lights died. Not just ours, but the entire neighborhood plunged into darkness. My phone buzzed frantically in my pocket, its screen casting ghostly shadows on panicked faces. "What's happening? Is it safe?" My partner's voice trembled as emergency sirens wailed in the distance. In that breathless moment of primal fear, my thu

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