[orangepurple]

> Electrical outages aren't all that common as a regular thing in the first place

Oh my sweet summer child. You haven't spent enough time in the midwest. Power outages can occur on windless sunny days and last for a really long time.

[JKCalhoun]

Twiddling my thumbs in Nebraska for a few years now. No power outages in my neighborhood.

Maybe you mean Texas?

[crazygringo]

You're right I haven't. How often do they happen and for how long? Minutes or hours or days?

Is there anywhere that tracks stats nationwide?

[orangepurple]

Hours to a handful of days usually. If I knew where they were I would spend less time driving across the county trying to find places where the lights are still on where I can fill up my truck and gas generator. Since I got a briefcase sized gas generator I don't have to worry about food thawing or myself overheating in the summer since I can run box fans in the shade. They generally provide enough juice to power on a whole house natural gas heater in the wintertime.

[crazygringo]

Oh yikes, sorry to hear. Makes me more thankful for big-city grid reliability I guess. Thanks for the info.

[local_crmdgeon]

Never had a blackout in NYC or KC