I was in a legitimately awful snow storm about three years ago.
My apartment was covered in four feet of snow. It was good for the ski resorts however for my house and my driveway not so much. My driveway had to get plowed at least three times until I was able to get out of it. With the heavy snow on the power lines I lost power. The power outage lasted for about three afternoons. It wasn’t actually superb for me because I had to monitor when I could flush my toilets. Good thing my driveway was cleared so I could drive to my parents house to at least take a shower. When I was at their house my dad recommended that I look into purchasing a generator. He explained to me that generators are placed outside of my apartment like a condensing component of an air conditioner. I was interested on the functionality of a generator so I contacted my electrical service, once I got a hold of them I asked what generators can do for my house… Besides providing lights, he said that power outages can bring about cold pipes, the growing of mold when an a/c component shuts off for awhile, and the potential perishing of food in a refrigerator, but and because generators start automatically, I won’t have to go outside in the frigid to turn it on if I lose power because of a snow storm. I also won’t have to worry about going to my parents house for food or to take showers when the power is out.