Put more wood in the fireplace insert first (this time of year).
In the summer I don't worry, the power will be back soon.
No so true around here in the winter. We were without power for over a week a couple years ago when we still lived in the trailer. No heat, no water. Honda powered generator wouldn't start because recoil spring broke. No parts for 3 days.
Borrowed a generator from a co worker who still had power, but did end up with frozen pipes that took over a day to thaw after I fed power to the furnace and well. NOT at the meter, but direct from the breaker box past the breaker since my generator has it's breakers.
The longest I have been without power was 29 days starting on March 29, 1976. You had to really plan ahead, every power pole in a 30 mile radius was down. That was back in Nebraska.
Thank goodness we still had farm fuel tanks, so we had gas to run the motor to run the generator we bought the day the power went out when we saw how bad the damage was. DOUG
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