I totally agree with you. We live in a stone house with gates at each end of our driveway. Without power our gate bell couldn’t ring so we didn’t hear our neighbor who came over to see if we were doing okay. Evidently he banged on the gate for quite a while. So Tuesday he came again and we were able to talk and exchange our experiences of the event. People here care about more than just themselves! We had begun to fill empty Pepsi Zero 1.75 liter bottles with our filtered tap water a few weeks ago so we were able to flush our toilets and have something to drink for us and our dogs. They are going to start doing that. They have a propane cookstove to be able to eat hot meals. We are now going to buy one. Exchange of ideas was profitable for both of us. After power returned I’ve watched many videos to see how everyone occupied their time enjoying each other and having fun. It reaffirmed my belief that we made an excellent choice coming to Spain. I even shared some of those videos on a FB post where one person was commenting about the idea that looting had to have occurred. How jaded people have become. 🥺
Looting is definitely a thing during natural disasters in the States. It was a little shocking (in a good way) to see people treat it as an opportunity to gather with their neighbors. My love for Spain grew 100x that day. Your neighbor sounds delightful, by the way. 😃
I totally agree with you. We live in a stone house with gates at each end of our driveway. Without power our gate bell couldn’t ring so we didn’t hear our neighbor who came over to see if we were doing okay. Evidently he banged on the gate for quite a while. So Tuesday he came again and we were able to talk and exchange our experiences of the event. People here care about more than just themselves! We had begun to fill empty Pepsi Zero 1.75 liter bottles with our filtered tap water a few weeks ago so we were able to flush our toilets and have something to drink for us and our dogs. They are going to start doing that. They have a propane cookstove to be able to eat hot meals. We are now going to buy one. Exchange of ideas was profitable for both of us. After power returned I’ve watched many videos to see how everyone occupied their time enjoying each other and having fun. It reaffirmed my belief that we made an excellent choice coming to Spain. I even shared some of those videos on a FB post where one person was commenting about the idea that looting had to have occurred. How jaded people have become. 🥺
Looting is definitely a thing during natural disasters in the States. It was a little shocking (in a good way) to see people treat it as an opportunity to gather with their neighbors. My love for Spain grew 100x that day. Your neighbor sounds delightful, by the way. 😃