My power hardly ever goes out here. The very few times it does, by the time I drag my 7kw genset over to the house, and hook it up, get it running, it runs for about 5 minutes, then the power comes back on lol.
Unless, of course, I have it apart for some reason and it doesn't run, THEN the power goes out for hours!
Glad a) your generator worked well for you, and b) no one was injured.