When the power goes out, it causes disruption for everyone. The longer the power is out, the more it costs you as well. Not only do you, and everyone in your family lose time, you can lose the contents of your refrigerator and freezer. In fact, the Folks at FoodSafety.gov advise that for any power outage over 4 hours, you have to begin to think about tossing food that could spoil and cause illness. (They have a very helpful chart on their website.)

Many folks were caught by surprise in the recent severe storms to hit the area.  Many folks lost power, and it’s not always clear how long it will be until power is restored. While local utilities are getting better about keeping customers informed, online, about outages, this isn’t always helpful when the bulk of homeowners are depending on electricity for everything from the household basics to powering cell phones and wifi connections needed to access the internet!