OK, so we're seeing on the news the damage caused and apparently 400k plus without power, especially in rural areas. There was a guy on the news 2 days ago who had lost power in storm Dudley and was moaning about the estimated timescale he'd been given to be reconnected. Can't remember exactly where he was but he was high up and remote with an overhead power supply and a water supply that required power to be pumped from somewhere. I just thought, why hasn't he got a small standby generator to at least keep the water on, his freezers running and maybe some lights on? That would be a no brainer priority for me in his situation. Decent generators aren't that expensive and rigging one up so it could be switched into the consumer unit shouldn't be difficult.