In article >,
Nancy Young > wrote:

> Katra wrote:
>
> > Michael Horowitz > wrote:
>
> > > Hello Blair - what I didn't describe was the backround for this
> > > question. I'm waiting for a winter storm to knock the power out for
> > > two weeks and I'm planning on not having power .
>
> > Ever thought about buying a generator???
>
> I wonder how practical it would be to have fuel on hand to run a
> generator for two weeks.

If I were in a known situation, it would make a lot of sense.

You would only need enough power to run a refrigerator and, maybe, one
heater if you were unable to stock up on firewood?

A radio would be good too, but batteries take up less space. <G>

>
> > There were tons of cheap ones on the market right after the first of the
> > year in 2000. <G>
>
> That was a riot. Good for the stores to say 'no returns'.
>
> nancy

The worst I did was to stock up on cat food, and batteries. ;-)
"just in case" <G>

K.

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