My house in alaska was wired for a generator backup to mains. It's fairly simple for an electrician to install that. You definitely don't want to DIY it tho
I was under the impression that most oil furnaces continued to work without electricity. Mine in alaska certainly did. Good luck, being without heat when it's cold SUCKS. I once ran out of fuel oil at -45...
You probably already know this, but for the benefit of our readers who aren't used to winter ice storms, if you leave faucets dripping, the odds of them freezing even when it gets REALLY cold goes down considerably.
I enjoy art without knowing how to identify each hue exactly. That's what perfect pitch is, in color terms.
You can analyze what's going on in a musical piece without being able to identify individual notes as you listen.
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