Things I learned with no power for 40 hours

[Feynman]

in january 1998, there was the ice storm. The weather went from -1C to -15C. The whole city of Montreal, Quebec, eastern townships, etc were out of power for 4 days to 20+ days.

My house was out of power for 7-1/2 days. I drained the water system but forgot the darn aquarium, which froze, then melted, then wrecked the wood floor.

We moved old people to houses who still had power. We regrouped several families into houses with wood stoves, etc. Dark streets, no traffic lights, etc.

A commute that normally took 45 minutes in rush hours took 2.5 hours

And people discovered that they liked helping each others, talking to each others, and surviving this thing.

That was something interesting to live through