"Ed Pawlowski" <>> Wouldn't it be worthwhile buying a small generator?
>> Graham
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> It certainly is if you are in an area prone to outages frequent or long.
> Small generators can be from $500 to $1000 and larger whole house
> installations can top 5X that.
>
> Personally, I have none. I've been a homeowner for 47 years and only once
> was I out for two days after Hurricane Gloria in 1985. Every other time
> has been minutes to about 4 hours. I've not been able to justify the cost
> of having one sit in the garage not being used for years at a time. I
> have town water so I can still drink and flush.
>
> I strongly recommend a few LCD lanterns though. They are safe, very
> bright, last many hours on a set of batteries. I also have two lights
> that go on automatically with a power failure. They can be used as a
> flashlight also.

We have the generator but there are some Murphy's Laws that apply to
hurricanes. The power goes out when it is either dangerous or inconvenient
to get it going such as between midnight and 3 am. Polly