WE WENT THAT LONG WITH OUT ELECTRIC A FEW YEARS AGO....AND EVEN WILDER, ALL THE ROADS WERE BLOCKED WITH DOWN POLES AND TREES FROM THE ICE STORM....
TODAY WE HAVE A GENERATOR, BUT HAVEN'T USED IT....THE ELECTRIC SEEMS TO STAY OFF LESS THAN 24 HOURS UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS.
bACK IN THE BIG STORM, NO ONE COULD GET TO THE GAS STATIONS ND THEY WERE CLOSED ANYWAY, BECAUSE OF LACK OF ELECTRICITY, SO MANY GENERORATORS NEVER RAN PAST THEIR FIRST TANK OF FUEL.