OkieStubble
Dirty Donuts are so Good.
Good Post. My main worry is always the amount of gas we have on hand. I have a transfer switch installed and I bought a genny big enough that it can power or freezer, deep freeze, furnace, sump pump, and well. If we have to I can siphon gas from our cars. My biggest issue with gas storage is space. I really don’t want 40gal of flammable liquid anywhere in our house, but our HOA won’t allow me to build a storage building. In a perfect world any long power outages would be in the winter and I could just put all the food outside. The sump doesn’t worry me as much because I have a battery backup and a backup battery for that system. If I run out out gas and can no longer run the sump out comes the bucket brigade. Of course with the kind of rain y’all got with Irene I may not be able to keep up with just buckets.
Absolute worse case scenario we head to the in-laws.
We are in the same position of storing gasoline because of our HOA which I am a board member. I have seriously considered modifying our gas fireplace with a pellet stove insert and also installing a natural gas powered fixed generator and a transfer box. I think the secret of success is to have different options available along with a gasoline powered portable generator.