Power outages are supposed to be quite common and widespread this summer. (My power is out now).
All that meat you so diligently stocked up will spoil in your freezer within 2 days without power.
Power outages combined with food shortages means meat and other food that spoils will be thrown out by the tons creating even more demand for food in short supply.
Get a generator. I suggest one that can be charged with solar panels.
Can someone familiar with solar panels guide me to a good place to purchase them in place of using a generator? Any tips?
Solar panels can be used for power for real time energy production with an inverter that converts 12Vdc to 120Vac. Newer tech uses microinverters, one for each panel. Older style used one large high power inverter, big/high power components and expensive. Another option that i am using is lithium iron phosphate batteries charged with an MPPT tracker charger from the solar panels. The battery output is put into a pure sine wave inverter to produce 120Vac to power the fridge and lights. There are tons of websites that can provide details, as well as, youtube videos. It seems complex, but it is fairly simple with modern technology. So far, everything is still available. Big systems can cost a lot, but you can scale the systems to fit your energy needs