On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:24:47 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 10/30/2013 5:16 PM, Pete C. wrote:


Your best bet, safest and simplest may well be to rent an industrial
silenced diesel genset that can provide normal power for the heating
systems, can be connected at one service entrance point and having a big
fuel tank under the trailer mounted generator can be started up and
mostly ignored until it's time to shut it down, fill the tank and return
it.

You know, that's one option. I suspect they will be
hard to find (and seriously expensive) if the grid
is down.

Easier to find someone with a gas generator that
does 230/1.
If you are worried the grid will go down and you will need power,
buy your insurance NOW. Book the genset and pay for it. Then you have
it if the grid goes down.
But if it is only for less than 48 hours, warm the building up real
good on the 12th and then close the doors and keep them closed. It
will NOT cool off to the danger point unless the exterior temperture
dives WAY below freezing