We lost power for about 2 weeks a few years back here in the Texas panhandle. Winter, cold and power to our small farming community was OUT.....
That’s that had few problems were those with , wood stoves with cord wood, bed tanks on their trucks for fuel and quiet a few folks that had whole house generators plumbed to either the commercial natural gas lines, stored propane or diesel / mogas stored or siphoned from the bed tanks on their vehicles .
We didn’t have the whole house generator plumbed to NG at the time but did have power inverters on each of our 3 pickups and well as a stand alone Honda 7500 mogas generator.
We used our solar yard lights at night and placed em back outside when we left for work to recharge. Ours used AA NiCads so I even swapped those out for our portable radio and flashlights.
Our plan and equipment in place now is four 4x4 trucks with bed tanks of 100 gallons and 34 gallon OEM tanks, all kept topped off at then end of each day. We have a big glass door wood stove and keep about 6 full cords of hickory stored. Augments the central heat and air during really cold days or heats up to 2500 sq ft by itself if needed.
Power inverters 7.5kw on each vehicle will back up generators if needed. We have Co2 tanks for welding and keep a few spare to make dry ice for the fridge and freezers if gensets fail.
Have about 30 solar yard lights that use AA batteries so we just bring in what we need at night if power is lost. Use them like a sum jar per se.
We charge our gadgets, phones, tablets, laptops on the way to and from work in the trucks.
During the heat of summer we have a storm cellar that is pretty cool to sleep in if it’s super hot out. Stays around 75 on a hundred degree day and is a place to escape the heat.
That’s our plan B if power is lost.
Stay safe !
Co2 tanks for ice! That’s Freeping brilliant!