That's a pretty rude response and also invalid. He's not dumbfounded at the slower pace of life. He's dumbfounded that a nation of 300k could have a week long electricity outage and not have a single resident capable of fixing the issue or a backup plan ready to activate. It suggests exceptionally poor planning -- even for an island nation in the Pacific.
Or the inverse... it suggests a much higher tolerance for inconvenience. We're just spoiled in Europe and America (including at our most popular vacation spots.) People lived for millions of years without this shit, ten thousand years of agricultural civilization alone...
What if you can't afford a generator and fuel, and you're medically reliant on a CPAP machine or a chair lift? You may be physically unable to leave your 2nd floor apartment, and unable to call for help because your cordless landline phone no longer has power? Not to mention the financial cost of all the food in your refrigerator spoiling.
All of those things can be accounted for with money. But a government should plan to ensure a certain minimum standard of living for its citizens.
> What if you can't afford a generator and fuel, and you're medically reliant on a CPAP machine or a chair lift
Virtually everyone on the planet with such a malady is in a similar situation every single day except for some of you Americans and most Europeans.
I'm not saying it should be that way so you don't need to take it that far, I'm just saying some people are seriously spoiled and can't deal with any hardship (let alone the slightest inconvenience) at all anymore. Most people on the planet can, because they have no choice.