When it comes to a generator, you have a choice between gasoline, and natural gas. Determine what amount of power you need for your house, then determine what you would need to survive. A whole house generator of 15-20 KW (100 amps) would cost 15-20 grand plus installation. The smaller 5-6 KW (30 amp) gasoline generators run 400-550 dollars. No installation, but some good planning as to how it will work best for you. Suit case (1000 watt) gasoline generators are great for camping and small appliances at home. (100 bucks) The worst time to buy a generator... is when you need one! I wish you Good Luck and that you will weather this storm! Best Wishes In a message dated 10/28/2012 8:32:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I live in the Washington DC area. I have been home for four years since an accident at the beach (C4/5) and so far we have been pretty lucky with tropical storms and hurricanes. However, back in July we had a very unusual thunderstorm (called a “Derecho”) and we lost power for several days. With no air conditioning and no power for my low loss air mattress, I was moved to a local hospital. I hope this hurricane passes to our north. After it passes by, I would love to find some sort of a way to obtain a backup generator. On a positive note, my oldest daughter got married back in August. The forecast was for very heavy rain on her wedding day. The day before, between the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner, it rained cats and dogs. But on the day of her wedding, the storm somehow missed us completely. Thank God for that. I've done a bit of research into generators, and based on what I have read, an inexpensive generator can damage batteries and sensitive electronics. Apparently, the more expensive generators use things called inverters. And apparently it takes a pretty big generator to run air conditioning. Does anyone know much about these generators? Any recommendations on units to buy, or how to raise donations to afford them? Thanks, Dave Krehbiel -----Original Message----- From: Bobbie Humphreys [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] Hurricane Sandy Hi All, I live 24 miles due west of NYC and Pete & I are doing our best to prepare for this "historic" combination "norestren inside of a stage 1 hurricane" headed straight for NYC. WE ALL live needing, and depending on, a LOT of electricity. I live in a 250 unit senior/disabled apartment building that has a very, very large generator. In June 2011 the new owner's were testing out the breaker system that back-up the elevator's and emergency lights in the hallways, OH and the alarm system. When they flipped the breaker .....… EVERYTHING blew out and shut down. The good of the bad is that they updated and fixed the problem. In August 2011 when hurricane Irene hit us EXTREMELY HARD, everybody around us lost power for weeks .....… except us. Roads surrounding us stayed flooded for a little over 1 week. Anyway, how many of you all live where THIS storm is going to hit? Bobbie Sent from my iPad
