my son across the state will be on his own but we did get a good size generator for my dtr who is closer to us.....we stock up on food, etc so we will share as needed....and we have many 5 gallon cans of fuel....my garden is doing great.
My daughter and SIL live on the farm 300 feet from us. No way I can explain things to them. They are conservative but I don’t think they know anything about all of this. It would be better for me to prepare for all of us. We have an old generator that uses gas but can be converted to propane. I’ll drop hints about doing that. We have propane in cylinders since we have propane heaters inside for backup in winter. We buy the big portable cylinders. The line is run through the wall from outside to the heater. We keep the cylinders stored in the equipment building. I have been stocking up on dog food but need to start collecting rain water. We have a well but the pump needs power.