Mr. mm is gifted in those areas as well and he has done HVAC and stuff.
We have generators, too. One larger one that rolls for the house during power outages that works off either gasoline or propane and the other is actually more portable and is technically an inverter.
So I actually get what you’re talking about.
This weekend’s forecast indicates a nasty wintry mix with possible icing. We lose power on good days regularly enough. I’d be surprised if we don’t for this one. I plan on having the wood rack indoors full and the wood stove set up to start on a moment’s notice.
Good luck with that... Ours was out briefly yesterday when lighting hit transmission lines near here.
My parent's live 30 miles away in town. They lost their internet connection for 36 hours because of the lightning.
Losing the internet is actually more annoying to me because the internet connection in our cell phones typically goes out about the same time that our cable modem goes down. We have two towers about half a mile from our house in opposite directions. Both towers often lose power at the same time we do. And there is nothing that we can do about. I am tempted to try Starlink for a backup internet connection.