I live in an area where we are prone to costal storms. I’m not close to the water so my house is safe from damage but the power is almost always certain to go out at the first sign of those dark storm clouds. For the longest time I and my family would just ride it out and wait for the power to come back on. Some times it would take a couple minutes, sometimes a couple hours or even a couple days. There’s just no way of actually knowing for sure. I mean its not like you can turn on the news and see when the power will come on. How could you? There’s no power to turn on the tv. After a while, my husband decided to buy a Generac generator. It’s great! Anytime the power goes out now the generator kicks in. What’s even better is that it’s fairly quiet! I don’t know how we even lived without a generator.