Well, that certainly explains why you fear losing electricity! :) There's even a series out there about humanity losing electricity, have you seen it?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2070791/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Waving you from a snowy Mordor (if this white farts from heaven keep on coming, we might lose electricity ourselves!) - writing you a reply as in now, believe it or not! :)