Neighbors ask the same question before storm season: power station or generator? After Beryl (Houston heat and multi-day outages), Helene (weeks-long inland power and water trouble), and Milton (stacked Florida demand and thin generator inventory in places), that question got loud. This page is storm-season buying framing: what each tool actually covers, what it does not, and when owning both is the honest answer. I'm Mike, a union electrical lineman in New Jersey with 22+ years on the job. Most