The general blackout Monday, which left millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula without electricity or mobile phone coverage for hours, was an absolutely historic and exceptional day. However, not for everyone, as in several rural areas of Catalonia, far from large cities, some residents are accustomed to dealing with prolonged power outages on a more or less regular basis. These are small mountain or coastal villages, isolated rural farmhouses, or residential areas far from the city center that occasionally lose power due to an incident in the grid. They represent a small percentage of the population who, despite paying the same as the rest for services, have long since grown accustomed to living with generators, wood fires, lanterns, and gas stoves in their back pocket.