On Saturday, two of our local electrical contractors overheard another customer talking about hooking his generator up to his main panel box (a big no-no if you don't know what you are doing), so they grabbed a banquet table, set it up by my desk, and proceeded to spend the next three hours giving demonstrations on how to safely hook your generator to your house.
Near the end of the class, a little old gentleman (I don't know how old he was, but he had a WW2-Korean War Veteran hat on) came up and asked them how much they would charge to come out and hook his generator up so that he and his wife could have electricity. Big Frank almot looked insulted by this and told the elderly gentleman that if he would purchase the parts needed, Frank would be more than happy to hook his house up at no charge. A few hours later, Frank came back in and assured me that he'd gotten the couple taken care of and that they were curled up together on their couch when he left.
This is just one of many such stories I have from this storm. People are letting neighbors and coworkers borrow $1,000+ generators, folks who could get out and about checked on their elderly or disabled neighbors and brought them food, water, and heat, and electrical contractors volunteered their time to help hook generators up at nursing homes and medical buildings.
Great story! That’s why you won’t see it on the network news. Stories of people helping each other, not screaming for the government to help. Doesn’t fit their political agenda.....