The eye of Francis came over our house. We lost power on Friday and did not come back on for another 10 days.
Luckily we have a 30 foot travel trailer which has a fridge, hot water heater, stove, oven and such, everything needed to live comfortably and a 5500 watt generator (locked to tree), which was able to power all of the trailer (including the A/C)
and I also had it wired to the house so lights and stuff could be used.
Generator burned 7 gal for every 13 hrs of use. I have one 28 gal gas tank which has wheels and a nozzle and 4, 5 gal gas cans, also have 60 gal tank in my boat, although it only had ~ 50 gal in it. I did not need it, the ~ 50 gal of gas lasted over the time I needed before I could drive and get gas.
A couple of nights early in the am (2-3 am) I was awoken by my dog (Good Girl
) and saw cars cruising very slowly through the neighborhood. Defiantly looking for an opportunity, I do not know why, but they decided not to stop at my house.
We are on City water while not drinkable because of a drop in pressure, but is Great for showers, we also had enough drinking water stocked up so that was not a problem.
Never thought about not having enough fire power or ammo though.
PLAN, PLAN, PLAN.. that is the answer.
My wife why never really giving me crap about the things I do planing and such, actually apologized to me for the little sarcastic things she has said in the past about planning and being prepared.