I hate to say it but we almost decided to buy a generator in case of a quake and then changed our minds when I realized we would just be deluged with a thousand people who would hear it and want to charge their cell phones, run their microwaves and "share" our food. If I could help it I wouldn't let anyone starve to death because they didn't prepare but I'd also sure let them go without for a few days so they might learn a lesson.