With modern society’s reliance on electricity in virtually all facets of its existence, it is very difficult for civilization to cut cords and function properly without electricity for any length of time. This holds especially true if the power is cut suddenly, either via natural disaster or a neighborhood power failure at the source. Our indoor climates, food storage and prep, communications, lighting, utilities, entertainment and health all depend on the juice streaming through the circuits. When that disappears, it leaves an awfully dark hole in our daily lives.
It doesn’t matter where the next emergency will come from—earthquake, hurricane, terrorist attack—or even if there is a short-term grid failure because of routine maintenance on the equipment (or an accident), having a reliable back-up generator with enough watts to keep…
