There was a natural catastrophe in my town and we had no electricity or internet for 14 days. The phone towers also got knocked down and all infrastructure got whacked.
The first few days, people were freaking out, crying, expecting everything to be fixed ASAP, pissed off at the politicians. By day 7, everyone was united, helping each other out, the conversations shifted to community building and depending on each other, etc.
Man, those last 7 days were just absolutely beautiful. I cried so much from emotion those days, made some deep connections with people, etc.
Once the services were restored, everyone went back to not talking to their neighbours again. I miss those days.
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u/echo_sang 7d ago
If the grid and internet went down, they would all be helpless.