[yarddog]

We, including me have become way too dependent on electricity. After the last Hurricane, I was just plain miserable. This despite being well prepared and faring much better than most.

[madison10]

Would one of those Generacs help? Thinking of getting one

[catnipman]

"I was just plain miserable"

totally ... sitting in the dark (and freezing if winter)with nothing to do but wonder if/when the power might come back on sucks ... we lose our power about once a year for a few hours for various reasons and i decided i was tired of it, so now have a whole-house, natural gas rig (26 horse Honda with Mecc Alte gen head and auto-start) that produces 50amps at 220volts at 5,000 feet altitude ...