What do you do when the electric goes out?

[cordell]

Get yourself a generator. It dont have to be a HUGE one that automatically comes on when the power goes out either. 5000 watts is plenty, it will run a fridge, lights for you and animals, run heating pads but not your home heating or air conditioner, it will run fans to stay cool though, it will run power tools if repairs to house are needed. We live in a hurricane effected area, power is lost here quite a bit. We bought a generator during a hurricane that knocked out power for 8 days! 1 month after the power was restored another storm came and we lost power for 5 days. Oh yeah, about a month after that time ANOTHER storm came, this time the power was only out 3 days. I had a 3500 watt generator during all this, it was stolen last year around Christmas. My shed was broken into and close to $6000 worth of tools were stolen! My insurance gave me $4000, not a very fair trade Anyway I bought a new generator, a 5000 watt one from Lowes for around $450, added the extended plan for another $50. I am ready man I have had this thing for close to a year and we havent lost power once, LOL.