Bnewb, out of curiosity how expensive is a 5000 continuous running watts unit cost?? You can buy a new unit here for about $500 USD for 5000 watt unit. Do they have units that run on propane?? Here where I live the big box stores like Home Depot, Lowes, Cabelas, all run out of inventory as soon as a storm comes up the Eastern Seaboard. As soon as the TV weatherman mentions a hurricane headed our way everybody panics.

What do you have personally for backup if you lose power??