When an ice storm knocked out power in NH some years ago, we went outside to survey the damage, and there were generators running EVERYWHERE.
When we were doing our house hunting, almost every place we looked at had pictures of their utility panels and water systems.
Easily half the electrical panels had build in generator hook ups.
Nor’easters knock out power pretty regularly here and generators and wood stoves are just about standard features of home ownership.
There are so few places in this country that aren’t at risk of losing power for a few days due to weather or other natural disasters, that I don’t get why more people are not better prepared.
People in Dallas and Houston wait for the government to save them while simultaneously not trusting the government.
When Democrats like Sheila Jackson Lee tells us that 25% of Voting age minorities don’t have “picture ID” because “racism”, do you think they will prepare for a once in 50 year storm?
The storm in Texas was the worst in a century and a half of recorded data. The last one was in 1898 and didn't last as long as this one. People simply can't prepare for such infrequent weather.
I thought I was prepared. I have two backup generators, one for the heat pump, and one for necessities in the house. That wasn't enough. The storm also had more snow than ever, too. There were no snow plows, so the supply trucks couldn't replenish grocery stores and gas stations. The stations ran out of gas, and the stores ran out of food. That was after they stopped selling from their coolers which cycled on and then off because of the rolling power outages.
Even if the counties had saved their snow plows after the last storm, there wouldn't have been any horse teams to pull them. Don't be so smug about your preparedness before you consider all the factors dealt with by others.