On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:00:46 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 09 Nov 2011 21:11:20 GMT, Han wrote:




The ghastly thing was that gas stations were ALSO without power, so
there was no way to get generator food.




Why didn't any gas stations have generators?

Same reason they don't here. They cost money and the station
operators don't see a payback in most cases. CT is considering a
couple of new laws that will required at least some stations to have
generators.

I imagine it could be a $3000 to $6000 investment to do it and while
the oil companies are making money, the local station owner is on a
thin margin.

In many (most?) cases the local station doesn't own the gas franchise. He
makes his money on slurpees and the couple of cents the oil company pays him.