Lights Out! What happened in California, on October 19th was a complete failure to plan ahead. With very little time to get ready for the “Lights Out” plan that PGE in California caused panic and anxiety! Failure to plan ahead causes this.

David and I were in Harbor Freight in Medford, OR the other day. While we were there, the phone was ringing off the hook. We were standing next to a pile of Generators and a truck in the parking lot with California plates. In Klamath Falls the day before, Coastal Farm and Ranch was selling out of there Generator’s. This was a failure to plan ahead! Have you downloaded my list of 100 Essentials as of yet?

What are you waiting for? It’s FREE! Before planned blackouts are through in two or three days, as many as 3 million Californians may go without power. How many of these residents are prepared for this outage that they say could last 3-5 days? What about those folks with Electric Cars? Living through a major Earthquake back in 1989, we learned how to prepare for situations like this. First of all, you never want to wait for the situation, you want to have a plan in place when the emergency happens.

A great man once said: "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin

Lately, I have been looking at alternative power sources for the ranch once we build the new cabin and in a couple of years the new house. In doing this, we are going to install the Humless Universal solar generator as well as the Wood Boiler that we already have for additional heat for the floors and home.

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Don’t wait for the emergency to happen, plan ahead and relax when everyone is panicking!

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Well, getting going is easier then you think! If you read last weeks blog post, I gave you a couple of ideas about stocking up on food and what we have personally been doing for the past few years. This week, were going to continue using our list and look at different options for the #1 item. The Generator or two!

We currently have two gas powered generators, that we have really put to use over the past 2 years while were building our new barn. Some of you may have seen that on David's YouTube Channel USNERDOC. The first generator that we purchased at Costco over 15 years ago, and it's a 5000 watt Generac Gas Generator for about $600, When we purchased our current home we had a "Transfer Switch" wired in our garage. The cost of the transfer switch and installation was about $800 and allows us to hook up the generator and power our appliances and some lights when the power is out.

Our Honda EU2000i, is a great addition to our generators. For about $1000, you can have a dependable super quiet light weight inverter 2000W 120v fuel efficient generator with parallel capability & oil alert.

Generators can be expensive but you might be able to find a good used one on on Craigslist or your local newspaper. If maintained well, these will last a very long time but it needs to be on your list.

Solar Generators are great if you live in an area where you received five our mores hours of sun daily. The sun is needed to charge the batteries that run the generator.

Our good friend, Nick Meisner has an excellent course called "Off Grid Boot Camp". If your looking to go off grid, you might consider this online course to help you out. David, has taken it and thought that is was well worth the $$ that it costs to take Nick's course.

Well, that's all for this week. Hope that this helps you to power you home in the event of an emergency.