[JoMar]

Depends on where you live and who provides your power and their history.

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

You were lucky in Pine Hills if you only lost power for 8 hours. Parts of Pine Ridge were out for 18 hours during Irma. Both villages are served by Leesburg Electric.

I know, and good point...I heard that folks in PR were out a lot longer than we were after Irma...a cousin of mine that lives in Pine Ridge had power back on just about the same time we did....

never did understand what these power grids look like....just know that I don't want to be sitting underneath those huge power lines

[427dave]

Originally Posted by giorgio1948

Please share good or bad comments if you have one hooked up to your home in TV. Were there any times it was needed? Thanks

We had a Generac whole house generator in northern Wisconsin that ran on natural gas. It was great as all the power lines were above ground and we had quite a few power failures. Some for a few days to a week once. It was great having heat, freezer and fridge running, and being able to stay at home and sleep in our own beds. Before we installed it we had to travel a 100 miles once to find power at a motel. We both have CPAP machines. So it was a great addition. We traveled between the Villages and Wisconsin for 14 years, we moved here in 2001. Then we sold the home in Wisconsin and became full time Villagers.

I do not feel that a generator is required in The Villages as all the years we have lived here we have not been without power for much over a few hours in a day. Even the last hurricane that went through here we never lost power. All the Villages power is underground which makes it much more reliable. Therefore we left the generator in Wisconsin as the new home owner up there decided they wanted it.

That is my thoughts. Also there are not many generators in the villages, although all Publix grocery stores do have generators, Winn Dixie and Fresh Market does not.