Kohler® Generators, a premium manufacturer and marketer of world-class generators and automatic transfer switches, and the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH®) welcome homeowners to share their power-loss stories for a chance to win a KOHLER standby generator and automatic transfer switch. Participants can enter as part of FLASH’s fifth annual Great Hurricane Blowout generator sweepstakes at http://www.greathurricaneblowout.org/generator.php now through Nov. 30, 2014.
Along with providing their contact information, entrants should explain, in 25 words or less, how a standby generator would help their family. Complete contest rules can be found at http://www.greathurricaneblowout.org/docs/2014_Great_Hurricane_Blowout_G….
Home standby generators are recommended by emergency preparedness experts to help protect residents and their homes from the effects of hurricanes and other severe weather. Weather-related power outages have doubled since 2003, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
“Hurricanes and other storms can severely damage homes and put people at risk when they hit, but post-storm power outages often affect a much broader region and often are more than a mere inconvenience,” said General Russel Honore, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who coordinated the Hurricane Katrina disaster response and is now an activist for emergency preparedness. Read More
