Plenty..
Most-recent was an 'involuntary 3-dayer', back in August, when house-house over from us's 'Guest house' / garage went Ka-Poof! at ~2:30am (..and I was the one who saw it 'flash-over'.. I should prolly start a Thread on that, cuz there were Many 'lessons learned' from that craziness..)
..Aaaand, guess what was
Right in the perfect 'roasting spot' - Yep, aaall those Power lines for our sector, so.. Yep - 'involuntary power-out practice' for just-under 3 days, bada-bing..
..and there've been multiple '24-48' situs in past out here ('brown outs' / forced shut-offs, due to 'heat-load', etc) but we had a Really good test, ~ 2015, when a Crazy storm came thru, and knocked down Poles / trees, everything.. Power was out for a Week 'n 1/2, and we Genny and Propaned-thru, just fine.. (Still had NG, but Did take the Op to Test the Propane > Genny adapter, and proved it out just fine..
Probably the 'Longest test' was while living down in El Sal, in my Wife's Grandmother's 'finca' for upwards of a month at a time..
Was "on grid" (
when the 'grid' was
On, which was very 'skippy', at best, sometimes out for 2-3 days at a time..) but no Refri, 100% Well-water, all hand pumped (no 'running' water) 'lleña' (sticks) for Fire to cook and heat water, and 'pitchel' (pitcher) and 55 gal drum to shower,
Outside.. (shower was 4 sapling-branches, with 12 mil black plastic for "walls", on a sloped concrete-pan - Wide open to the Sunshine Blue sky..
) Some of the Best times of my Life, tho..
..but prolly the most 'Brutal test' was the infamous 'Great Ice Storm of 1991', up in ol Rottenchester, NY...
..Was still living 'at Home' (with Grandparents, actually..) so wasn't a "prepper", yet, but.. My Depression-era Grandparents sure taught me the Value of that 'mindset' / Being prepared, during those terrible ~2 weeks.. No NG (and no Power for Heat
or Cooking) meant 100% reliance on Fireplace / 'Kerosun' heat, and Propane for cooking, but.. Even so, it was Freaking Cold and a bonafide "disaster". Many did Not have 'preps' - at least not for
that Much time - and Really suffered..
We did Not -
because they had Prepped..
jd