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Originally Posted by funchy  I bet it has more to do with stress. No electricity means no TV, no lights, no computer, probably no phone, no vacuum cleaning, possibly no water, and no background noise. Basically all there is left to do is to relax and just be. |
In theory I agree with you, but certainly not in this case! We were certainly not just relaxing and being!
This was the worst snow in 22 years here (up to my hips). We're on a farm. This snow meant all animals were being blocked in snow with nothing to eat. I had to fight my way through the snow to feed the rabbits. We couldn't bring any hay to the cows because of a big tree fallen across the road and we were worried about them, especially the little calves freezing in snow as high as them. The roofs aren't built for such a snow, so they broke in many places, and on top of that our generator died. We had to deal with inundations and with defrosting deep freezers and with branches threatening to fall on our heads because of the weight. We didn't know how long it would last, if everything in the deep freezers would be lost, if we could get to the cows any time soon, etc, and we could not even call for help. So there definitely was some nervous tension in the air. My mother was very very anxious, she's very scared in such situations, and she got angry all the time, lashing out at everybody because of her fear.
All this to expain that no, it was not a relaxing experience like sitting together and having nothing to stress over. And despite of all this, I felt peaceful like I never had before, except for when I'm hiking in some desert mountains. For me it makes no doubt it's about electricity.