To the “civilian”, the concussive boom accompanied by a flash of light seen from the living room is something to behold, a transformer across the street has blown. This civilian lacks anxiety, fear and so on because of the solar system they installed, not so much the solar panels at this moment because of it being 9 pm on a Saturday but the backup battery that is now keeping the lights on and the diesel generator that will fire up soon to assure the batteries stay topped off.