Yes I’m a Californian and most people I know in CA have bought generators by now—we did about two years ago. We’ve used ours now a few times. Another key thing apparently is to live in the same neighborhood as a hospital—their power isn’t cut as often.
I live next to great adventure, a large theme park here in central NJ, we always have power, and if it goes out, it is back online in no time.
Power companies don’t leave their million dollar customers in the dark too long
People are idiots. I honestly never believed that people would voluntarily allow the dismantling of the electrical grid, but it's happening before my eyes. More accurately, people take too many things of the miracles of modern life for granted.