[arielweisberg]

Gas infrastructure works when the power is out... It can't survive all natural disasters, but some.

When it's -6 degrees outside and you have hot water, heat, and a fireplace that are all still working you'll get it real quick.

A furnace does require a generator to run the blower, but it can be a pretty small one and it sips fuel.

[st26]

That's the thing, I've never lived somewhere that gets to -6 and also runs a real chance of multi day power outages.

I'm sure it's a different story in some parts of the world, of course.