Depending on the SHTF situation a generator would be like calling SUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY... to the hogs.
Very true. I suppose the best plan is to first work off the stores that require...or required...refrigeration and then depend on the stores.
We have a generator we used to use to run the well pump to fill storage tanks, before we got electricity. We are going to sell it if possible because the last thing in a SHTF situation is to advertise that we have juice, and thus other stuff. We don’t have enough $ or interest to do a huge solar array (or enough open space), nor any other method. Just living without much electric is our plan. I’ve lived without electricity for a number of years altogether. What I need to get is a laptop so I can run it off a battery.
The whole idea of bugging out sounds insane to me. People should prepare to stick it out where they live, and if they live in a big city or other dangerous place, they should have moved already, or tomorrow maybe. Living on the run or hiding in some hole is worse than insanity. IMHO of course.