Wilson: Living by candlelight – what the tornado teaches us

I spent a number of years of my adult life living in the Dominican Republic, at one point very much barefoot and pregnant. The halcyon picture we carry of the tropical life is so distant from what much of day-to-day is truly like, and a major part of that was our limited – or in some cases, non-existent – access to fresh water, electricity or the ever-so-elusive hot shower.
We Canadians often see the world through rose-coloured glasses, spending thousands of dollars on all-inclusive