Goodbye Heni, aftermath of Sandy Future suggestions?

[NarakuAulonocar]

I lost my favorite fish, a red sea heniochus this morning (7 days). This means my only saltwaterfish which didn't even make it out of quarantine is gone.
Liveaquaria is not selling these anymore.
All generators and battery air pumps locally and online are sold out.
I literally searched everywhere when my fish was alive.

Add to the insult, I lost a bunch of freshwater cichlid.
This sucks!
I was without power on Sunday night, still no power now (Typing from school).

How can I be better prepared next time. What kind of generator should I get? I'm on a student budget. I knew nothing about generators and how they operate.



My local power supplier should be ashamed.
Sorry won't cut it, say sorry to my dead fish(s).
Everyone else with a different supplier is all fixed in like 2 days, why can't they do the same.
I know I may be complaining too much but how come the business in my area all have electricity but no homes are lighted. Is money all they see?
What about elderly homes and children.

 

[angelfish7]

If would a natural gas generator but if you cant afford it then buy several of the battery operated air pumps. my 220 fowlr with large angels, naso-tang and b/f's manged to survive for four days on on air pump. At least i have hot water so did two water changes to keep the water warm. Im going to eventually buy a generator but in the interim will get two more battery air pumps.

 

[NarakuAulonocar]

Hey thanks for the response.

My fish survived 7days with warm water in glass jars, so I'm thinking battery air pumps won't make a difference in long term outage.

How much is the avg price of a natural gas generator, what brand do you recommend?
I'm willing to spend up to close to $2000, but prefer much lower.

I've never expect a power outage as its never happened for so long in my area.