Lots of folks around here have generators for Hurricane related power outages and do OK for the usualtwo or three day loss of power after a storm. The big ones are something else. The problem after Katrina was even if you had a generator you were out of luck unless you had a pretty big stockpile of fuel. The emergency services people commandeered all of the fuel reserves on sight for emergency vehicles and generators. You couldn't get gasoline in this area for several weeks after the big K.