said by spurious 
: For many people in this country, we suffer extended power outages lasting a lot longer than 8 - 10 hours. Yes, buying a generator would be one solution.... not really viable for some people. Personally, I can last plenty long on food in the cupboards and bottled water on hand.... but having NO communications can be deadly, that being my sole point on the benefits of copper wire landline.
Ed
In the age of Cell phones it shouldn't be that much of a concern. You can charge your phone in your car as well.
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