[NavinF]

When we complain about power outages, we're usually talking about 1 hour outages that happen every few years, not 12 hour outages.

[mtrower]

Where I'm at (Madison, WI), it's more like multiple times per year. This is a capitol city.

Recently, I stayed for three months on a mountain in Virginia. We lost power at least 6 times, usually for multiple hours. Once it was out half the day. There's a good reason the proprietor there keeps a backup generator on automatic failover.