ZippyRedPlumber

Break out the candles and a battery operated radio/shortwave receiver. We were without power for 5 days 2 summers ago. We just played board games, talked, grilled dinner every night.

We're thinking about investing in a propane driven generator here soon. Was out of power one whole day and hated it. All I really cared about was taking a warm shower and not having all our food go bad in the fridge. But then there's the sump pump some need to worry about when the power goes out. I know someone that came home to $4k worth of damage to their basement due to their sump not having power.

I've gone months without power. Not even joking.