[RowanH]

In New Zealand we're very much natural disaster prone. I run a SaaS working out of home - we wired the house for generator backup and have a starlink unit that sits in a box exactly for this reason, even if the proverbial hits the fan for a week I can still keep on top of the business.

Every couple of months the geny gets sparked up and everything tested. For a very small investment it's very comforting to know we've always got power/internet, regardless of what happens.

[fennecfoxy]

As a Kiwi I wouldn't say we're prone to natural disasters per se. Certainly not on a yearly basis.

Though that said, Mt. Taranaki is meant to do the big boom soonish. That'll be interesting.

[rafaelmn]

Wondering if solar/batteries would do the same thing as a generator but cleaner and also useful in general ?

Because I've thought about solving a similar scenario but just assumed solar/batteries would be the play here.

[parl_match]

If you spent 10 minutes running the numbers, you'd probably answer your question pretty handily.