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Originally Posted by mikeo80
I hope that you and yours are ok!
Longest I have ever dealt with no electricity was three days. Thank God it was in the middle of Winter, and a nasty snow/ice storm. Did not have to worry about food spoilage. Had plenty of wood for the fire place. Other wise, it was get down, stay down, stay warm, watch over wife and kids.
My $0.02
Mike
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Thanks for the well wishes and yeah, we've got through without any injuries to people, pets or property so far. There's still storms in the area and we lost electricity for a few hours again last night. Some people in the worst hit areas have lost roofing and trees have been blown down onto fences, sheds and houses causing damage. The power company is still busy with repairs to the electricity network.
Somewhat ironically, I bought the generator months back because due to some repairs, my house was going to be without electricity for six days.
At the time I thought it would be a used for the week and then the gen would go into long term storage.
I even considered replacing it with something smaller because I didn't think I really needed a generator with the capacity to run a house but as it turned out, a few months later I needed it again.
Just goes to show that anything can
and does happen so some prior preparation makes a big difference.