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Originally Posted by Toymeister
I was in an area that had some cluster tornados which took lives, property and a series of high tension power towers leaving hundreds of thousands without power for six days.
I can assure that you will have water as the water in the towers provide water by gravity.
Based upon that experience I have the same level of preparedness now as I did then.
1. One dozen MREs
2. 1,000 watt generator
3. 2,500 watt generator
4. Vehicles and cart with full tanks
5. Ten gallons of gasoline
What actually happened to us..
Power went out leaving us in darkness,with storm raging. My daughter and wife looked at me with fear in their eyes. 'Lets have a hot dinner before I get the TV and Internet up'. In that moment they thought that I was mentally ill.
The 1000 genny gives you: Internet, TV, fans, fridge, microwave and if you have a tankless water heater, hot water. It was like camping in a very nice pop-up with electric.
The larger genny will run a small ac unit but uses more fuel.
In my situation few neighbors purchased huge gennys from out of state but they fell silent when they couldn't keep up with their voracious fuel needs.
This should give you some idea if you think ahead you can be well prepared.
As I write this I fully expect some Google powered expert will post some link how this many electronic devices can be powered by such a small generator. I can assure that this is not the case. Certainly we did have inconvenience but we had ample comforts to be comfy with out the huge expense of a whole home generator.
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I remember all the help you gave me to select the correct generator for cases like this. Well, I was injured about 2 years ago and the last thing on my mind was my pristine generator. It's a big paperweight. I was great with small engines when I was youngin so I'm going out this very moment to give it a shot. I just wanna save the food and put in a window A/C and run the Cpap. Staying alive is sorta important.
I never gave the generator a second thought. I walk past it several times a day. I guess that's why we have so many memory centers around here. I'm not like that, it's rough to admit but I really goofed up this time.