Category: Outage Prep
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Power Outage Statistics by State (2024 EIA Data)
The average U.S. electricity customer spent 11.0 hours without power in 2024, the most in at least a decade, and customers in the worst…
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How Much Propane Do I Need for a Power Outage?
How much propane you need for an outage depends almost entirely on what you run it through. A propane or dual-fuel generator is the…
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What Causes a Power Surge? Common Causes Explained
A power surge is a short, sharp spike in the voltage flowing through your home’s wiring. Most are small and pass without notice, but…
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Power Outage While on Vacation: Protect Your Home
A power outage is a minor annoyance when you’re home and a real problem when you’re 1,000 miles away and can’t open the fridge,…
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Best Emergency Radio: How to Choose One
When the power and the cell network both go down, an emergency radio is often the only thing still feeding you real information. The…
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How to Winterize Your Home for Power Outages
When a winter storm knocks out the power, your house stops fighting the cold the moment the furnace goes quiet. Heat leaks out, indoor…
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Carbon Monoxide Safety During a Power Outage
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gas you cannot see, smell, or taste, and it can poison you before you ever feel sick. Power outages…
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What to Do When the Power Comes Back On
When the lights blink back on, the instinct is to flip everything to normal at once. That is the moment a returning grid can…
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Backup Power for an Oxygen Concentrator: Sizing It So It Never Quits
If you or someone in your home uses an oxygen concentrator, a power outage is not just an inconvenience – it interrupts a life-critical…
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How to Survive a Long Power Outage: A Day-by-Day Plan
Most outages are over in a few hours, but ice storms, hurricanes, wildfires, and grid failures can leave the power off for days or…