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Backup Power Can Help Families Minimize the Impact of Outages
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DURING SEPTEMBER'S "NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH", THE "FEDERAL EMERGENCY-MANAGEMENT AGENCY'S" "READY CAMPAIGN" URGES FAMILIES TO PREPARE FOR POWER-OUTAGES, STORMS, AND OTHER EMERGENCIES. RECENT STUDIES BY "BRIGGS AND STRATTON" SHOW THAT OUTAGES ARE MORE COMMON--AND CAN BE MORE COSTLY--THAN YOU MAY THINK: ON AVERAGE, A FAMILY WILL LOSE POWER FIVE TIMES A YEAR. AND, OUTAGES LASTING LONGER THAN 12 HOURS CAN COST FAMILIES THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THESE COSTS CAN INCLUDE: SPOILED FOOD, BASEMENT-FLOODING DAMAGE AND REPAIRS, APPLIANCE-REPAIRS, AND EVEN EXTENDED HOTEL-STAYS. HOW CAN FAMILIES BE WELL-PREPARED? FIRST, THEY SHOULD MAKE AN EMERGENCY-PREPAREDNESS KIT--AND A FAMILY-COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. THEN, THEY SHOULD THINK BACKUP-POWER: GASOLINE-POWERED PORTABLE-GENERATORS ARE CAPABLE OF POWERING ESSENTIAL HOME-APPLIANCES. AND, BETTER YET, A PERMANENT STANDBY-GENERATOR CAN BE PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED--SO IT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS ON, WHEN AN OUTAGE OCCURS. WHAT'S MORE, SMARTER TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING STANDBY-GENERATORS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN EVER. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR HOME, GO TO "POWER-NOW"-DOT-COM.
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