Whole house generators (slightly OT)

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Enduring Sunday's 6.5 earthquake was no big deal... I only lost one
picture window.  The real hassle was being without power for 16 muggy
hours.  If that happened very rarely I'd be happy with my little 6000
watt Costco special that runs the reefers and a few lights.  However,
Hawaiian Electric Company's newest generator is 30 years old and they
just haven't kept pace with growth on the island. That results in ever
more frequent outages lasting up to 30 hours (recently).

So, I think it's time for big honkin' generator to serve the whole
house.  I've been looking at the Generac line and I'm considering a
35,000 watt unit to serve my 200amp home.  I'd appreciate any info or
suggestions that any of you have to offer.  I'd like to run it off
Natural gas with LP gas as a backup.