Here in the Villages chances of loosing power for an extended period of time is very small. Why? Because most of our electric lines are underground except for some areas in the older northern areas. That means the substations and power line feeders are the only above ground infrastructure that can be effected by storms. These parts of the electrical system are extremely robust and it would probably take a tornado to damage them. Not that it can’t happen but it’s very unlikely. But if you have medical equipment to run then a generator may be something you want to get. Also as one reader mentioned, the electrical company, Duke stages a huge response team just in case so even if a transformer blew which can happen at any time, it will be fixed very quickly.
Also if we do loose power the villages water pumping stations have double redundant backup power so it’s extremely unlikely we would loose water. So no need to stock up on water, milk, bread and eggs for an extended period of time here in the villages.
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