Comment Re:Everyone's thinking it. (Score 2) 413
I heard a radio program about this, and most shopkeepers/bigger businesses do have backup generators and pay plenty for them. But without, they run the risk of losing their entire inventory. Ten years ago, when this area was accustomed to 3-4 hour outages each day, it was idiotic to make that gamble.
One shopkeeper I heard interviewed hit the nail on the head when he said (paraphrasing), "They say we are a developed country, but is that really true?"
Sure, you can take calls and McDonald's orders from around the world, but keeping the lights on is pretty basic for "developed" countries.