Our ancestors were of hardy stock. They had to be, else they'd have died out from just trying to stay alive. Personally, I'm grateful every day of my life for indoor plumbing and mostly available electricity. When I lived in Union Vale, NY, we got a generator because we lost power so often. It was a massive thing powered by propane that could keep the necessities and then some going in a 3k sq ft house for 8 days. I loved it. During the worst times, we kept insulin and cancer meds in our fridge for neighbors.

This is probably a stooopid question, but you've got a weather radio, right?

Jay told me that several years back, they had 17 consecutive weeks of clouds and rain here. Now, that's probably not all that unusual for where you are, but here that's unheard of. He said that people got very, very hostile.