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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 3201307" data-attributes="member: 24583">I live very rural in a total electric house.&nbsp; No power 7 days during the ice storm 10 or so years ago.&nbsp; Water plant was down 4 days, had to chip ice into a 5 gal metal bucket for the exhaust to melt to dump in the toilets to flush.&nbsp; Cell phone and internet out of backup power after 4 days.&nbsp; I have a 7500/6500W portable gas powered generator.&nbsp; Ran quality cords under the garage door, filled in the gaps, ran those stacked through the door into the house, used painters tape and towels to seal that crack.&nbsp; Used four of the little box heat strip heaters with the fans scattered through the house.&nbsp; Unplug one to make coffee and touch up the refrigerator and freezers a couple hours each day.&nbsp; Made up a good list of what to do if I might expect that to happen again.&nbsp; Electric water heaters will stay warm for a couple days.&nbsp; Get everything else done and take a hot shower, might be the last one for a while. Ha Ha&nbsp; Right now my boat and mower gas cans are full with stabil.&nbsp; I burn them out in my cars in the spring and get fresh.&nbsp; Ham radio was handy to keep in contact with the outside world.Like others here, can not justify the expense of a whole house to run my heat pumps, don&#039;t know how long I might live here, and it does not happen often.&nbsp; If the SHTF, gas may not be easily to get, so it won&#039;t matter will it?&nbsp; JMO</blockquote>

[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 3201307, member: 24583"] I live very rural in a total electric house. No power 7 days during the ice storm 10 or so years ago. Water plant was down 4 days, had to chip ice into a 5 gal metal bucket for the exhaust to melt to dump in the toilets to flush. Cell phone and internet out of backup power after 4 days. I have a 7500/6500W portable gas powered generator. Ran quality cords under the garage door, filled in the gaps, ran those stacked through the door into the house, used painters tape and towels to seal that crack. Used four of the little box heat strip heaters with the fans scattered through the house. Unplug one to make coffee and touch up the refrigerator and freezers a couple hours each day. Made up a good list of what to do if I might expect that to happen again. Electric water heaters will stay warm for a couple days. Get everything else done and take a hot shower, might be the last one for a while. Ha Ha Right now my boat and mower gas cans are full with stabil. I burn them out in my cars in the spring and get fresh. Ham radio was handy to keep in contact with the outside world. Like others here, can not justify the expense of a whole house to run my heat pumps, don't know how long I might live here, and it does not happen often. If the SHTF, gas may not be easily to get, so it won't matter will it? JMO [/QUOTE]

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