Why does everything have to use electricity?!

I had a 40-minute power outage today - from what I heard, all or most of the town had no power. I'm not sure why, since, from what I could tell, the weather wasn't all that bad, just gray. Even though it was just for a short while, I still had problems going for more than a few minutes without wanting or trying to do something that needed electricity. I also realized that I have very little food in my apartment that doesn't need to be cooked or baked first. If the power hadn't come back on soon enough, I probably would've had leftover Sally Lunn bread and string cheese for dinner. That would've been ok, but it's a little scary thinking about longer power outages.