I was reliably informed that folks in some parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

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41. Well, like Ingemar says in "My Life as a Dog," "You have to compare."

Three months is fairly intense, but watching that video, Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, I understood how awful it is for many people around the world, who have endured unreliable (or no) power for year after year after year.

Puerto Rico of course, involves American citizens, but man, electricity does explain the world. You know this better than I, I'd guess, it's wonderful you found the good in what must have been very stressful situation, no power for months. Hopefully the sense of community persisted after the lights came on.

We miss many things we take for granted when they are gone.

I never appreciated government, of course, until we didn't have one, so there's a lot of things like this.

I do think however that the world should work to make electricity a basic human right, and in this sense, this little reminder this week helped to reinforce that view.

Thank you for your kind words about my little post. I'm glad you enjoyed it.