My friend Lisa Bedford ("The Survival Mom") just underwent a ten-day power outage in Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. Needless to say, their generator was a life-saver. They were in a position to help neighbors as well.
Because of the huge spike in interest in the aftermath of a series of natural disasters, Lisa is holding a mini summit about different kinds of generators ... which also happens to be her husband Steven's specialty.
The summit will be comprehensive. "We have a plan for people who can't afford the big standby but still need something semi-permanent to keep their homes energized," she wrote me, "and then we have a lot of other suggestions for different types of generators, including power banks. We will touch on solar a little bit as well."
Additionally, she says participants will "get spreadsheets to help them with calculations, and a private and temporary email address so their questions can go directly to Steven. I have a private Facebook group set up, and then we have a series of four classes coming up on Sunday afternoon. It's all going to be recorded, of course, so people don't need to be there for the live sessions."
If you're interested, please register here.
Sounds like a good program to wise up people. It is amazing how many people don't think of a generator until it's too late. Power was out at our place for 3 days in the aftermath of Loma Prieta. Fortunately we had a small 5Kw portable to keep the fridge alive. Fuel is also a critical factor for a generator. Dual fuel (gasoline and propane) are a bit more expensive, but give you an "extra" if the SHTF. Also, propane can be stored a lot longer than gasoline. Diesel generators are too expensive for most of us, and often far too complicated to be used by most of us. Having a wood stove or real fireplace is also a BIG "nice".
ReplyDeleteagreed. think about ALL possibilities. my brother lives on the lake on the Missouri river that flooded this summer. several of his neighbors generators were under water. the daughter lives in south Missouri. several years ago the grid went down in an ice storm for 4 days. the nearest gas station that could pump gas(pumps are electric) was 60 miles, and was sold out in hours. a son lived on the Texas coast. hurricane Harvy removed many roof top solar systems.
ReplyDeletetwo is one and one is none applys to emergency power systems too
Too late for us now but we have a whole house generator after losing power for 4-5 days in PA. We have a well and without electricity no water or flushing.
ReplyDeleteMy friend has a generator that uses three fuels. That interests me. We at least need something to keep the freezer going.
ReplyDeleteWhen a tornado hit my town and we lost electricity for five days, I went out the day after the tornado and bought a generator. I was lucky to find anything. It was on its way from Texas.
There are tons of new things that run by electricity that most of us don't think about until the power goes out. The eekko-wakkos and the satanworshippers want everybody to have electricity ONLY; no gas stoves, no wood fireplaces, no wood stoves, just the "approved" all electric junk they foist on us. In the Great WET PNW, TPTB are trying to cut out all propane and natural gas furnaces and force everybody to use ALL ELECTRIC heat pumps. Yeah, right; those Pieces of sh*t work great in places that never get too hot or too cold. Once the temps drop below 32F, these things struggle to produce any heat. An even WORSE scenario is: people that have "engineered" septic systems that are ALL electric. Guess what happens to your ALL electric septic system when the power goes out? Yeah, that's right. Oh, yeah, even if you have a well, most of them are electric, so when the power goes out...... Most of the "solar panel" electrical systems are also dependent on the electrical system working; when the power goes out, they stop working too.
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