7-tips-to-surviving-a-long-term-blackout

What would happen if you were watching the evening news, the kids were getting ready for bed and suddenly everything went dark? You found that all electrical power to your home had just suddenly stopped and your neighborhood was encased in utter darkness? Would you be in a position to recover quickly when no electric power whatsoever is available to keep the lights burning, your food cold, and the heat on?
In August of 2003, the largest blackout to ever engulf the United States rolled across the Northeast states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut. This massive power outage affected millions of people for several days. During that time the sale of gas powered generators flew off the shelves of the local home improvements stores. Preparation is key!