So what was it like for you? Did you need your generators?
We here in Jupiter, FL had some hurricane force winds. I put up my steel hurricane panels and just took them down today. It's about 25 hours work in total up and down. And, quite a serious workout! My biceps are bulging today, from moving thousands of pounds of steel.
For anyone not understanding what hurricane force winds are, I can only say this: The folks who decided the wind speed categories got it right, as even hurricane Category 1 winds are incredibly damaging.
The wind damaged trees throughout the neighborhood and we lost power for 5 days. The mighty lister ran faithfully and powered 100% of my house. We had hot water, central AC, well pump, water softener, all the lights, shop air in the garage and so on. We kept the house at 70 degrees inside, which was very comfortable. Normally, I'd have it a bit warmer, but I wanted to keep things really cool just in case we had to go without any power for a while. (such as a repair would require) Thankfully all was well. Fuel consumption was quite reasonable too. Generally about 8 gallons per day, sometimes as low as 6.
I'll give the engine an oil change, a bit of servicing and all the praise possible.