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SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
5. The down side to some being able to afford
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 12:25 AM
Nov 2012

a $10,000 or more back up generator system, is that those people then may not as heartily endorse the needed upgrades to the power infrastructure.

I have never in my life (and I'm 64) had a power outage last more than a few hours. Six is maybe the longest I've ever endured. I've had the wonderful good fortune to live in places where I've often had underground utilities, and therefore never lost power even when other parts of my metro area were without for a week or more. Or, I've simply not had the bad luck to go through a storm or something else that can take out the power for a long time.

My point is, I can't imagine how I would deal with an outage that looked like it would last more than a day or two.

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