Agreed, compared to most developed countries, a couple times/year would be extremely high. But, it's not relatively high for America. I remember living in the m

Agreed, compared to most developed countries, a couple times/year would be extremely high. But, it's not relatively high for America. I remember living in the midwest and every major storm usually resulted in power lost to somebody. Many of my neighbors had (Generac) generators that would kick in automatically when the power went out. They're so common there that home depot stocks them on the floor. In Southern California, we rarely get rain, let alone major storms and we still lose power 1-2 times/year. On the other hand, I lived in a number of areas across Canada and power outages were quite rare despite the harsher climate.