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beachy • yesterday at 10:51 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

Indeed, that's why I mentioned petrol generator as the last level of backup.

Though the most recent big tropical storm we had a few years ago, the power was out for 3 days, it was dark and cloudy obviously so no solar, the local petrol pumps had no power and the roads were blocked with fallen trees so we couldn't even drive anywhere. In that situation it really is candles and cooking on wood fires once the petrol runs dry.