Originally Posted by arbed31

I remember those days, last time was Hurricane Katrina and we had a portable generator with extension cords all over the house. I had a small lamp plugged into the extension cord and I made
yo-yos to keep my mind off of the storm.

My brother spent big bucks and had a Generac (whole house) generator that runs on natural gas installed. Ten seconds after the power goes out the Generac turns on and we can power up everything. Plus, no tripping on those heavy duty extension cords.