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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2024 04:17:27 JST AI6YR Ben

   More support for my contention that generators are mostly not useful in a "worst disaster in a generation" type storms:

   "Fuel generators were nearly worthless after a few days because people ran out of gas. "

   https://mastodon.social/@AlexanderMars/113249611174698229

   #DisasterPreparedness #disasters #power

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     strixus (strixus@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2024 04:17:27 JST strixus

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     @ai6yr
     Also, even if you have a generator, you have to keep it serviced and refresh the fuel. You cannot just leave it sitting with fuel in the tank indefinitely.

     Where I work, we have a set of backup generators. We have to start them once a week for testing, and we have a PM cycle for cycling fuel in them. And petrol goes bad so much faster than diesel does, so you have to be even more on top of it.

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