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.
DH got a solar well pump several years ago but never hooked it up. He looked into various kinds and got one for about $700. I told him what was being discussed on the thread and he’s now figuring out where to put solar panels (tons of trees so requires heavy figuring) and will use them to charge batteries.
Maybe your daughter and SIL could understand that there is potential of hackers going after infrastructure and so good to prepare for that possibility. That’s sort of in the news.
If you can convert to propane you can convert to sine. Got wood?