She really does have a gorgeous place, and it says something indeed about Lebanon's infrastructure and political situation that even someone who's as well-to-do as she appears to be can't get guaranteed electricity.

Yes, it was supposedly a technical issue with the generator. So you may have paid, the equipment is old, in need of repair, not always easy to fix, etc. ...

Maybe it's not just being a storyteller; maybe it's also caring about/wanting to understand why things happen. In real life, something hard to understand will happen, and a lot of times a lot of people will just kind of shrug and say, "Well, that's life; weird stuff happens"

You make a very good point there. I want to understand. I want meaning.