“Houstonians are, sadly, old hands at this. Lots of people have invested in generators—which have basically become an essential household appliance—to power things like fridges and fans and portable AC units. But there have even been issues in getting gas to fill those generators. Gas stations with no power mean inactive pumps.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/07/houston-power-outage-beryl/678990/
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