When remnant winds of Hurricane Irma reached us here in Atlanta causing power outages throughout the Atlanta Metro area, of course my particular area lost power -- FOR TWO DAYS!!!!
And, boy-oh-boy, did I ever become furious!
So, here's my question: If EVERY automobile is built to have its own source of power in the form of what we call an engine, then why can not EVERY form of habitable dwelling have its own source of power, as well?
I tell you that this matter has bothered me for quite some time, as it is absolutely illogical that our homes are not energy-autonomous as automobiles are. And that our homes, as I came to starkly realize when our power went out just a few weeks ago, are not coded by our county or state to have backup generators capable of provisioning power for at least one month --maybe up to even 6 months!-- just makes absolutely no sense to me. I mean, are our elected officials whom we elect to be forward thinkers so dense, so incapable, so inept that they can't create policies that could serve as immensely beneficial to the citizenry in the event of catastrophic weather conditions that might lead to devastating power outages?!!?
What becomes of food and milk after a just a few days of no cool-to-cold refrigeration? What becomes of medication after a few days of no power that require refrigeration?
I don't know about you, but I'm extremely reluctant to believe that some government agency or bureaucracy is going to actually pay out the $300 my mother-in-law would have to shell out for her diabetes medication had it become ruined due to NO DAMN POWER!!! Or shell out $400 or $500 for food lost to spoilage because the power was out for two weeks! What compounds the problems from not having energy autonomy is that many of our elderly are on a fixed income, and it just incenses me that there are rather simple solutions that ought to be addressed and implemented in order to mitigate stress, avoid exacerbating already strained financial households, and to help people still LIVE and THRIVE when severe weather strikes. The Universe dictates that the many Free Energy technologies that have been developed and yet suppressed finally become un-suppressed and finally be permitted to emerge, if only for such a noble and sacred cause as their ultimate benefit to humanity at large.