Longest power outage?

[tallyho8]

We were out for 8 days after Hurricane Betsy in 1965. After Katrina we had our power restored after only a few days because we were out of the flooded area where they could not work to restore the electricity. Some of the flooded areas did not have electricity restored for over a year.

 

[IXLR8]

Longest outage was for 3 days, 7 years ago. Outages have been getting shorter and shorter, and less and less often, since then. Used the wood stove to heat the house, gas stove to cook with, put food out on deck in coolers to keep cold. On deck to keep food cold, coolers to keep critters out of the food. Keep thinking about getting a generator, but outages are just so few and far between now to justify the cost.

 

[Baby Grand]

5 days out from Hurricane Irene, in late August, 2011 and then another 6 days out from the Halloween nor'easter 2 months later. I had just bought a Miller welder-generator a few months earlier after making a big pitch to The Plant Manager about how it wasn't just a welding machine, but a 10k generator, too. She was relieved to have heat, hot water, a working stove and all the food in her fridge and storage freezer unspoiled, when many of our friends and family were roughing it, that the purchase was never again questioned. That also bought me some solid street cred' when I made a case for buying the backhoe.

 

[thatguy]

We were out for 3 days during teh 2012 Duracho - others in the area were out for up to 10 days (some 14 days)

brian

 

[kennyd]

6 days here after ice storm. Glad to have the Generac 15kw!

 

[Shift4200]

16 days after Hurricane Gloria in 85. I was a young boy and i remember on day 7 my mom cooked everything that was left in the chest freezer for diner. Pretty sure i had a steak with a side of veal for dinner that night.

Runner up was 9 days in central Florida after Hurricane Charlie moved thru (2004 the first storm of the trifecta). No generator, and I lived across a golf course from a Marriott resort who was on backup power the whole time. Nothing worse than sweating balls and watching/listening to people having a great time all night long.

-J

 

[buickanddeere]

Last year some homes in Toronto were out for weeks after the ice storm.

 

[Mike_Kanzer]

We were without power for 3.5 days after a bad thunderstorm took down trees out on the street with our power feed. We have a 20kw LP generator that ran everything including the central AC. We have horses and are on wells so some form of a generator is a must so that the horses can get water.

 

[mddorange]

We were out for 3+ days after the tornados of April 2011. Packed up everyone and went to Atlanta to see a ball game and take showers.

 

[sailorman]

Approx. 2 months after Katrina .