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Originally Posted by karostay
You couldn't store enough fuel to run for any extended time
If it did happen a hotel room in the long run is much cheaper and practical
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I have experience in both areas.
Not a hurricane but so wide spread of a power outage to replicate a hurricane. Not a snowstorm and not expected. Now let's talk about central Florida. I am assuming the greatest fear in TV are hurricanes.
Now let me ask the forum how many hurricanes sneak up without days of media coverage? Zero. What does everyone do before a hurricane? Buy gasoline.
Let's do the math, do you have an automobile? Two carts, probably gas? Can you keep an extra empty, new gas can in the attic? Then you have over a week's worth of power.
Amazon sells mess free battery powered gas pumps designed to get gas out of your car's tank. The cart tank is no problem at all. Reference Nucky's 1.5 gallon per ten hour testimony on consumption in this thread.
Ten gallons gas from the carts, ten from gas tanks and ten from the car. 360 hours of generator operation over at Nucky's and Toymeister's. Yup, all of that would be some work but I am cool and comfy.
Compare that to my neighbors in my widespread power outage, no gas stations open no hotels for miles. Sounds like millions of Florida residents escaping a hurricane to me.
The point is a gasoline generator can work it is not impractical for everyone and it is relatively affordable.