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Posted by mannyc [68.165.89.2] on Wednesday, November 02, 2011 at 16:48:07 :
In Reply to: Power is back on... posted by Steve in NJ [68.196.64.155] on Wednesday, November 02, 2011 at 15:11:48 :
glad to hear you are back in the modern age. power outages due to lack of tree trimming is the new reality. outages due to poor maint and overworked grid coming soon. begging outside crews to come in from other states and canada to clean up is not a contingency plan that i am happy with. i purchased a whole house generator after losing power for 6 days after this summer's hurricane. i would have preferred a diesel generator to be truly off the grid, but the permitting and tank issues made it not practical. i believe there will be a time that generators will be more commonplace and figured in as necessities in new house construction. we know lots of folks on wells that have no generator. with no running water and no power, it is not long before you are SOL.
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