XPost: talk.politics.guns, sci.energy   
   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 1/8/2024 11:20 AM, cshenk wrote:   
   >   
   > ... I opted to not have battery backup at my place.  Power   
   > outages are rare and seldom more than an hour.   
   >   
   Certainly, until that's no longer true.  It's like saying "I opted   
   not to have a fire extinguisher at home.  Home fires are rare and   
   are seldom catastrophic."  It's like saying "I don't have car   
   liability insurance.  I don't get in accidents, and if I did they   
   would be minor ones and not my fault." It's like saying "I don't   
   have any food storage.  Food shortages at my local grocery are rare   
   and seldom last long."  No, you don't need an alternate home power   
   source, or a fire extinguisher, or liability insurance, or food storage,   
   or take any other risk-avoidance or emergency prepared measures.   
   Until you do, and if you don't have it by then it will be too late.   
      
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