The good thing is that people are taking care of each other and not waiting for FEMA to help. There's some good hearted, tough people around here and things will work out.
On a somber note there was a decorated Army Veteran (76 year old) that died this morning from CO poisoning. He had bought a new generator to power his home and was afraid of someone steeling it so he put it in his utility room with the window barely cracked. Unfortunately, the CO got him. RIP.
Probably best to just run the generator when you are awake and can guard it. At night just climb under a whole bunch of blankets to sleep. Breathing the cold air is the tough part. Can cause sickness eventually. What I would do is stay awake at night while running the generator. Have a loaded shotgun at the ready to guard the generator. When the sun comes up and warms things a little, shut the generator down and bring it inside. Sleep during the day without the generator running.
Them old kerosene heaters can be dangerous too, but thats just what he was prolly used to doing with the kerosene heaters. I have done it too.
Sadly the generator puts out a LOT more CO
May he rest in peace.
Where in Western KY are you?
When the winds from Hurricane Ike went through L’ville this past summer my sister-in-law’s neighbor resorted to a generator in the driveway (they let SIL run an extension cord to it). One evening the lights suddenly went out and the generator stopped. They went out to see what was up and saw the taillights of a pickup going down the street.
Our generator is on the patio and with all the limbs down around the house there is no way way to it right now except through the house. Unless of course someone wants to cut their way to it. The latest we heard here in Hardin county was up to two weeks without power.