We purchased a natural gas generator after Ike hit.
We were without power for THREE weeks, then :(
Oh gee...that’s worse than what we’ve gone through. A full THREE weeks of it and I would surely lose my mind. :-(
3 Weeks? Voof.
We’re in Garland, storms went up each side if our location but we just got a little rain, thankfully.
My wife has friends in Rowlett who lost power and decided to go to a hotel. Changed their minds but couldn’t get back into their neighborhood for cop roadblocks.
She Who Must Be Obeyed and I grabbed our favorite flashlights, paused “Gone With the Wind”, herded the cats into the bedroom and turned on the radar. TV and computer . I wandered the perimeter checking conditions for the next couple of hours. Got one good close thunderclap but otherwise, not much (Chuck chants everyways he can think of to say the words “thank you”) and currently showing 1.61” of rain.
Must be my good looks :)