OP, if you have a medical need, determine the load of the medical equipment, and buy one of the inverter type generators, these tend to be very quiet and easy to operate. Now these will NOT supply your air conditioning, hot water, etc, but will handle a CPAP, and similar equipment. As not above the newer areas of TV had no outages or very limited outages, including IRMA over the last several years. Yes the older section with overhead lines had extended outages due to debris and tress down into the lines. I would not consider a generator, we are between 466a and 44.
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Pennsylvania, for 60+ years, most recently, Allentown, now TV. 
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