Power outage?

I will definatly be investing in a small generator soon especially since power seems to go out around here with the slightest storm.

Power inverter and car batteries. :-D

Well I got a pretty good solution to my problem... We have a very good power company here in Syracuse, NY and power outages in the winter arn't very common but have happened to other counties around us in the past. Last yr about 45 mins north of syracuse in Oswego they got nailed with 8ft in a couple days and there was a big power issue... I wouldnt trade the snow for anything!! I'll probably never move out of NY let alone syracuse... Well anyways back to my solution... I work for a computer company and we sell back up batteries... Just so happens my older brother is a top guy in our company and I just asked him if he has any suggestions for me... his response "Yea I got a SUA1000 (battery back up that costs around 500$) here that you can have"... "you want any money for it?".... "Naw it was given to me as a free sample and I dont use it... you can have it"... Its meant for computers and can keep one running full blast for 6hrs... he said for what im usuing it for and the fact my UTH's are on a thermostat I should be able to get a couple days out of it!! definitely beats having to buy one or a generator... My pops has a generator that can keep half the house running but its only the main floor which means id have to bring all 8 cages downstairs and that would be a pain in the arse but could be done if need be.

Just figured this would be a topic a couple people would benefit from... Thank you everyone for your ideas... Amazing what everyone can come up with to keep everything running with no problems.

As my dad always said... it aint what you know but who you know.