[at-l] Storm's a'comin

[Ken Bennett]

 I could probably get by with a portable generator to run the stove but when
> you're getting clobbered like Art is a unit that cuts in automatically when
> the power goes out looks like a real good option.



We tend to get ice rather than snow, and our house is at the far end of the
neighborhood, and one of the last to get the power back on in a major
outage. We've had several 3-5 day power outages in the last few years. I've
looked at a permanent natural-gas powered generator; it fires up as soon as
the power goes out, and can run the entire house. They weren't as expensive
as I expected (less than $10K IIRC), but it was more than I had.

That said, living in a cold snap without any power for more than a day or so
gets old pretty quickly.

--Ken
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