When I was a kid there was one set of high-tension wires though dense forest that fed our town. After a good storm (there were always at least one or two every year) power would go out for several days. After a really severe one (every other year or so) it would be out for a week or two. I kind of miss that. Cooking on the wood stove, reading by oil lamp, camping in the living room.
Go figure.
