I can definitely relate to the no electric though it was only for a week my second winter after buying my farm after leaving my H. We had an ice storm that took out everything in the area. I bought a little gas generator to power a 2 burner cook stove for hot water & soup & charging my cell phone which was my only way to communicate. No heat or water either since the water towers are pumped by electric. Living out in the country away from everything was definitely a challenge & trees were falling from the weight of the ice in my woods & all around the area taking down even more electric lines. I did have a panic attack in the middle of the night one night after dealing with hypothermia earlier that day after feeding my neighbors 20+ horses he had on his property he didn't live at. I got overheated & sweated tgen chilled with no heat or way to warm up after that. Had wrapped up in a blanket to warm up but didn't realize I needed to get the sweaty wet cloths off of me before I could warm up & wasn't thinking very clear by that point living alone with my 6 dogs.

It was definitely a learning experience for me.