What I have Learned from Hurricane Irma....

Originally Posted by hobo finds

I also have questions about cooking food, how much propane, charcoal did or do you have and how much food are you cooking? And I would think you could run a microwave oven on a generator not sure about a stove/oven...

I have bags and bags.... garage sale buys. I see people selling a grill with a full bag of charcoal and I offer $1 for it. I have enough at this point I don't offer to buy unless it is like hardwood coal or something special.
Propane... again, garage sale. I have six tanks that probably have over 100#'s . I see them and offer a buck or two. The empties I sell for $10 and the ones that have significant LP in them I stock away for grilling and the propane fireplace.
The micro will run. We have used that. the stove will work, but I keep it to one of the medium burners. We will get a frying pan hot and cook eggs and stuff, but y'all ain't comin'over for Christmas dinner.

Originally Posted by hobo finds

How many hours have you ran the generators? How much gas have you used?

The generator has run continuously since Monday morning. It has not stopped. I just pour gas into it as it runs. It takes about ten gallons a day to run it. I pour five in at 6ish in the morning and another five in about 7ish.