speaking of rain and unexpected weather
right here if you live in Houston which
of course we all do it's not if the next
big storm will hit it is when so if you
want to stay safe and comfortable during
the next weather event have you
considered a backup power source you
need one Jared porche with generator
industries is here with more on the
benefits of a standby generator thanks
so much for being here thanks for having
do you appreciate it ok we have two
different generators here on set
basically in a nutshell which one is
what do they do this one here is a
gasoline-powered portable generator this
is a type that you use extension cords
that run minimal things like
refrigerators and fans and you know just
to keep it going
okay this type of unit it hooks to your
natural gas or liquid propane and it's
fully automatic when the power goes out
it automatically switches over to
generator power when power is restored
it switches back so this is something
that's permanently this permanent super
I think a lot of people would be
surprised to know that it can connect
right to a gas source let's talk a
little bit about our energy demands
because the statistic I was reading this
morning that since 1990 our power needs
have grown 400% and also here in the
Houston area people talk a lot about
flooding but wind is really the culprit
for a lot of power outages right and in
our lovely evening storms we get at this
time of year that they come in and so
lightning strikes little bursts will
cause lines to arc and blow fuses and
then you need you need power you know in
the afternoons it's 2 or 3 hours just
when you get home from work and you
don't have power so you can't cook and
turf yeah kids and your house is 100
degrees yeah by the way because the the
AC has gone out so this is the type of
system than either one of these
depending on a family's needs right this
could work for pretty much any household
right yeah that this one here is you
know is definitely the the the gravy one
the easy when it is fully automatic is
permanent so this one here you have to
drag it out but you know put it 5 feet
away from your home if it's raining you
can't use it because it can't withstand
rain
yeah so and you don't want it in your
garage because that that's carbon
monoxide poisoning so so there's a few
safety issues with this and this one is
firmly installed it's designed to be
outside can handle the weather and you
know these are wind storm rated up to
150 miles per hour and as you said this
would automatically kick in once the
power is knocked out to our homes we
have to also think about not only
dangerous heat and wind but as we saw
last January we had ice and a cold
weather which is a fluke for us but you
know it's not gonna say it won't ever
happen again it happened a few years ago
as well yeah there's rolling blackouts
that happens sometime during ice storms
because of the the the infrastructure
can't handle all that the demand
electrical demand so some municipalities
or start dropping off certain sections
for a short period of time and of course
I storms break power lines
well another consideration these days is
that a lot of people don't have a home
phone line and so if your power goes out
and you need to charge a cell phone I
know we mentioned air conditioning and
being uncomfortable but there's so many
things to consider the lighting clean
water for drinking and bathing
of course the refrigerator and the
freezer if you have all of this food in
there that could potentially spoil so if
we do have a weather event and your
power is interrupted people can be
really sort of stranded for a few days
yeah quite a few days you lose your food
storage if you have any medications that
you you need to keep refrigerated if you
have a sleep CPAP machine anybody you
know it's there's a lot of health issues
that the population is getting older you
know the baby boomers are turning 70 now
so you know a lot of people like to well
in a lot of the sheltering in place
thing this comes up whenever we have a
major weather event because if you
remember in past storms a lot of times
you don't want to be out on the road
when you're on the road that's when
you're the most vulnerable a lot of
people died during harvey because they
were in their cars well Rita Rita as
well Rita when they evacuated Houston
there
stranded on the road and let's face it I
mean even though this is hurricane
season right now now is the time to
really think about what this would if
this would be an option or which one
would be an option for a family yeah and
you know maybe this might be a daunting
subject for some the cost of something
like this especially if you have older
parents that are living in their home
and wanting to stay how can you help
them with that well we have financing
options available as low as eighty nine
dollars a month and depending on the
size of your home and your needs we can
design a system that almost fit any
budget you know and you can see the
information right there on your screen
right now the first year of maintenance
is included for free plus seven year
bumper-to-bumper warranty on some of the
models there is the phone number right
there two eight one six six seven zero
seven seven five Jared thank you thank
you so much thanks a very important
conversation and coming up next