From Friday night till Monday morning I was without power of the electical variety. A storm tore through the area where I live, and knocked down a great many power lines leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. Even today I still know people that haven't gotten their power back on. It has generally been a real nuisance. Every time I swear to not be caught cold footed again, and everytime that bravado checks out when I check the prices of generators to keep the lights on when this happens. This time however was particularly harsh. I can endure the heat, or the cold. I can even do without electronics for a period of time. I am a avid reader, and I have more then enough books to while away the time. What really got to me is that I have a sick person living with me that didn't do at all well with the heat.
So I decided to not let the money deter me, and I went online today to go buy that generator. I always promised myself that I would buy. No I didn't go buy some monstrosity. It was a four thousand watt unit for under three hundred dollars. Not enough to power everything, but more then enough to do things like keep the refrigerator running, or a AC unit running. While allowing me to charge entertainment devices. Anyway I am wondering how many people are like I was before today. How many of you have emergency generators, and how many of you don't have generators. What are your stories.
