I can understand the point that electricity is cut when there is a cuclone, which i would really accept rather than switching on the electricity during cyclone and killing few people for the benefit of others.
In US i was in florida and during charles hurricate , the power was down and in US without power you cant cook also.So i dont accept that power is not down in other place also.
As weel i guess you would have known abt the Black Out in US and it hasnt happened in our country.So i feel its gud practice and common in major country to make the power down during some natural problem like cyclone.