"Natural gas would be shut down in the event of an earthquake. Chances may be slim of an earthquake in your locale, but really no place is 100% earthquake free. The Midwest is very vulnerable. We don't have mountains, which seem to attenuate them to a certain area, so they are felt over a much larger land mass. If an emergency generator is truly for emergencies, one must account for a wide variety of scenarios."
In FL panhandle (previous home) hurricanes were common (averaged 1-2 a year back then) and earthquakes (sand quakes?) were non-existent. So NG was a good option, particularly since you'd be on the generator for 2-7 days. Here in NC earthquakes are also rare but we are pretty far inland (hurricane issue) and typical power outages are less than a day, so propane works fine. I typically keep a 500 gal underground tank at least half full (which is actually 200 gal because they will only fill to 80%). But the main point is neither NG or propane go "bad" like Diesel or gasoline. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
