great post! Actually experiencing life is much better and then you can go post those experiences to steemit and get paid for it now and got experience more :-)
I had similiar experience recently when I left Florida during hurricane Irma. I was staying in a hotel watching TV but then decided to go outside. I met an elderly couple who started a conversation with me. They were from Florida too and told me about their fears that they won't have anything to come back to among other things. It's so much different than watching it on the news.