"Power cuts"??? Oh, dear, I sense a huge misunderstanding about the Amish lifestyle.... or a message typed with tongue posiioned in cheek.

Just in case it's the former, then FYI an integral part of Amish tradition is the refusal to use electricity provided by high-voltage power lines, hence no power interruptions or failures. In those rare instances where electricity is used, it is powered by battery, generator or engine (gasoline or kerosene).

So there's plenty of "bundling" going on during those long winter nights! Besides, they need to produce those kids for all the manual labor that has to be done. It has been ever thus; the only thing that accounts for the recent population explosion seems to be a reduction in attrition: more Amish kids are deciding to stay within the Amish community as adults.

It seems counterintuitive. One would think that, with the explosive increase in modern technological conveniences, older teenagers and young adults would be more tempted to fall away from the "Plain" ways of the Amish, yet they appear to find the traditional lifestyle a more attractive alternative. I wonder why?