Haven't really had many power outages in my lifetime of 52 years. Typically, the most frequent intervals were a few hours. Only once can I recall when we had a power loss of around 24 hours. It was in the summer time when a tornado came through and took out a string of power poles a short mile in length. We hauled water to our cattle and fed them hay to make it through that stretch. My parents in an ice storm lost power for 4 days. They bought a large generator and would power it up for a few hours at a crack to start the heat in the house, bathe, wash clothes, cook, etc. They didn't run it 24/7. It wasn't that terribly cold outside either, which was fortunate. My in-laws would lose power for up to a week at a time during the intense winters we had in the early to mid 1970's. They didn't have a generator, but had a wood stove in the basement to keep warm and cook on. A few hours is not much of an inconvenience. I have a brother in law who works for a major power company. The aftermath of an ice storm we had 23 years ago, they brought in crews from all over to help rebuild after that event. It was around 2 months he worked 16 hours a day, then had 8 hours off. This schedule was 7 days a week for those two months. He has said he never wants to endure something like that again. His overtime that year was a major stimulant in buying a house a few months later. The service people the power companies have to make repairs are far fewer in numbers, as compared to 30 and 40 years ago. All part of being "efficient" and "profitable." We have fewer outages today, so the staff needs are not what they once were either.
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