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Old 12-24-2023, 04:34 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by frozenchief View Post
We have frequent power outages in the winter but they typically don’t last very long - 20 minutes to an hour at most is what is typical. We get bad winds that blow trees onto power lines.

A few years ago we had a really bad storm with gusts up to 100mph in some places. Power was out for 3+ days at our house. My wood stoves could not keep up. Main part of the house would not get above about 35. So, we got a 6500W generator and put in the switch so our house could run off that. Since then we’ve had to run it for at least 2 major storms. It won’t power everything but it will power the heater and the water pump (we have a well) And what we need.

We have about a couple weeks’ worth of food in general because I don’t want a bad earthquake to prevent us from getting food. I admit, if an earthquake keeps us without power or food for >1 week, we are super hosed.

But we just got another 6” of snow last night and a bunch of wind. No power issues so thus far we are good.
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