My local area recently got hit by a nasty blizzard.
The temperature dropped down to setback twenty-two degrees.
Every one of us accumulated several feet of snow within a couple of days. Because of the wind, snow and ice, there were county-wide driving bans in locale. All the local universitys and government buildings were closed. The worst of it was the power outage. For a week, both of us kept losing power for brief periods. Due to the weight of the snow and ice on the power lines and fallen tree branches, there were continual outages. Every one of us were repeatedly separate from electricity for a few hours, then no power meant that the furnace wasn’t operational. Having no heat was more than inconvenient. I worried about our water lines freezing and bursting. I was certainly sad about possibly loading the kids in the car and driving to a hotel. Every one of us were able to manage separate from electricity for a few hours, however both of us couldn’t have endured several days of it. Along with no heat, both of us had no running water, no lights, oven, TV or internet. Because of the disruption and dangers caused by that situation, I decided to invest into a standby generator. I consulted with an electrician who handled the installation so that the generator automatically starts up in the event of a power outage. It senses the disruption in power and takes over the electrical needs of the cabin within hours. It runs on natural gas so it can handle our needs for as long as necessary separate from refueling. The generator makes sure that both of us can still operate the furnace, air conditioning, sump pump, water oil furnace and all of our essential systems and appliances.