Brad,
Glad to see you on the list and not out flying a 727 today. :)
At a quart every six hours, a five gallon can of fuel would last quite a  
long time. I generally keep four, five gallon cans of Kerosene on hand for power  
outages during ice storms. We burn the kerosene only during the day, letting 
the  fireplace keep the house warm at night.
A friend of mine lives in St Louis and he went without power for five days  
in the heat and humidity. I think I could survive the cold a lot better than 
the  heat and humidity. We are planning on moving into a new house in the not to 
 distant future and have already decided that a LP gas fired Kohler (whole 
house,  35 K/W) generator will be installed. I gotta have my DirecTV.
 
Rummy