Recent 4-day power outage-lessons learned: backup power, light at night, landline phone

I live in rural Northeast Nebraska, and just came out of a four-day winter storm. Not a lot of snow, but very "heavy" wet stuff that weighted-down trees and accumulated on power lines. Accompanied by 50-60 mph wind gusts over almost two days. Cold temperatures. I was without power for a full four days. Massive outages all around my area.

Wanted to share my recent experience, because it gave me some good insights on the subjects of preps and opsec.

Some lessons learned:

1) The…

Recent 4-day power outage-lessons learned: backup power, light at night, landline phone

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