Amazon don't deliver rurally. They palm it of on the postal service if they can (on a size wise baits). Otherwise it will sit in a couriers van (plain white) until they have other deliveries this way. Some stuff takes 2-3 weeks.
A difficult choice. I’d be interested to hear what you decide.
I had thought about that, but the problem is that increasingly, it is taking much longer to get back connected. Most places are averaging days now after these storms, so a single charge and that's it isn't going to do it. I don't think I see the point of having to use my vehicle to charge the battery once it has been drained. And fully solar solutions are still prohibitively expensive living off just one salary.A difficult choice. I’d be interested to hear what you decide.
A lot of the batteries for solar are much higher tech now.
If a storms forecast you can fully charge your battery from the mains in preparation. Ours is set to do that automatically the night before while electricity is cheap.
It’s quite a comfort knowing you have plenty of power and the contents of your fridge are safe. It takes over so quickly the last power cut we had I didn’t notice until I saw the oven clock flashing
As much as you love snow, didn't you mean "the best snowstorm of the season"?
) and not having to worry about keeping your phone charged for emergencies (without retreating to the car) would take the edge off things wouldn’t it? 
Well it's about 4 a.m. and my DH is a neurotic mess over the furnace situation even though nothing can be done until the morning. It could be a number of things such as a faulty thermostat, wiring issue, bad flame sensor, etc., none of which he is qualified to figure out or fix. But since he won't sleep and he's pacing around, I'm not sleeping, and I have to go to work tomorrow, so...I'm annoyed. If the repair guys come by 9 and can be done by 11 that would be good. I need to leave here by 12:30.
I have a portable nebuliser that runs off AA batteries or USB. It can't do the hypertonic saline too often else they die (I killed one in 3 months because it's a micro mesh one, not a compressed air one) but it will do my nebuliser meds.Yes agreed the cost of full solar is prohibitive.
A decent sized pack to power your phone and laptop must be a sensible thing to pursue though? I mean work wise you need your laptop (and we need you
And what about your nebuliser? Would the hospital/clinic consider providing battery back up?
Just a thought and I haven’t looked this up so have no clue if it’s possible but is it possible to use your car as a generator? I’m just thinking some clever soul must of invented something that allows a hook up to a car engine. I mean all the components needed are already in a vehicle, engine, fuel etc I would be surprised if it wasn’t possible to harness this in some way?
Ouch that’s a sharp increase in outgoings
So am I understanding correctly that’s an increase from $450pm to $1450pm? Or is it to $1000? Sounds horrible either way. 
So DH didn't get up early and call the heating people, he waited and called about 30 minutes ago and now they aren't sure they can make it out today cuz they are swamped. It's about 28F out right now but we have a space heater in the bedroom and a gas wall unit in the front hall that opens into the kitchen, so we are not freezing (it's about 67F in the house right now). I hope they can come out today because I like it at 70 much better. Guess I will figure out a way to use the oven tonight at dinner. Meanwhile I am getting ready for work.