[Jolly Amaranto]

We were only without power for 28 hours. After Hurricane Ike we were 8 days without. I got a generator soon after that. It really came in handy during the "Big Freeze" grid failure a few years ago. I had it hooked up to the blower on my gas furnace to keep the house at about 50°. I was able to deploy it this time when the eye came over and things calmed down for about 15 minutes. Kept the fridge going, the TV on to picking up news on broadcast as land line phone and internet were both down. Cell phone was spotty with only text and no voice or data.