In the basement under the stairs we have stocked with 30 gallons of water and canned goods. We rotate them out once a year (including water - it gets used on the garden in the summer), using up the stuff we rotate out. We also have a generator and I don't even know how many gallons of gasoline. Our generator will run the furnace, our well pump, the fridge, and a few outlets in the house so we can plug in some electronics. Oh, and it also runs the microwave because we have an electric stove that the generator can't handle and not being able to cook would suck. I don't think we can run everything at the same time, I need to ask my hubby about that. In the winter we also have wood in the garage so we can have fires in the FP, so that is another option to keep us warm.
Sometimes it's good being married to a former Boy Scout geek (even though getting the generator was *my* idea, he obviously ran with it, hehe).
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Date: 2008-12-14 02:42 pm (UTC)Sometimes it's good being married to a former Boy Scout geek (even though getting the generator was *my* idea, he obviously ran with it, hehe).