Sorry to hear about everyone's losses
During the 2006 outage we went the route of inverter for about 24hrs then got, I think, the last generator in town (seriously).
Since then I will not be without a generator... too much of an investment to risk not having one! Me.. the tank, hubby.. the TV
We do get a few outages every winter, but nothing like this last one.
Anyway, also had to learn the hard way how to properly look after the generator so it starts again the next time! I make sure now to run the fuel line empty before turning off the generator switch.. and testing it monthy or every other month.
I will also start to use the Shell premium.. thanks for the helpful info!
Again, sorry for those that had losses and may still have some to face
Besides the drop in temp and oxygen, the pH would have got ugly too. Lots of factors in the mix.