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Originally Posted by scho63
In the last 25 years I'm pretty sure I've lost power 3-4 times in total.
Never an issue. I don't live in a 3rd world country. I have had issues in some places I've traveled. Haiti, Cuba and Rio de Janiero had problems.
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If I had a basement, I wouldn't be too worried about it.
In a summer power outage, a basement won't get hot.
In 110+ heat, my house heats up quickly.
When Sacramento hit the all time high record of 116 a few years ago, my power got turned off. Not because of a rolling black out due to insufficient power supply, but because local equipment over heated.
The equipment hadn't been designed for that high of Temps (and the previous days highs) and the continuous max load. Because the area had never seen Temps/heat wave like that, duh.
The ~$400 I spent was worth it for that one event for me.
I don't do well in heat and it was a very small investment for me.
The chance of losing power obviously varies by location as does the inconvenience to different households as does the experience of being prepared for various contingencies.
I keep two weeks of drinking water on hand. I'm connected to a city water supply, so I really doubt I'll ever use it. But I have space and it's really cheap and easy to do, so why not.