I never worry about being out of electricity during natural events with my generator. At one point during the Ice Storm of 07, QT was out of gas.
same here .. during ice storm of 07 our power was out for 2 1/2 weeks. gas stations had no power to pump fuel and/or out .. found out the best generator is the smallest genset you can get by with.
what ran the most was a Yamaha 1,000 watt and Honda 2,500 watt .. we heat with wood so stayed toasty but fan still need electric. most times there's 15 -20 gallons on hand.
plans are to switch to diesel genset since my primary vehicle runs on diesel. runtimes for diesel genset are 2-3x longer vs gasoline. diesel also stores longer ..