In general, it depends upon where you're located - the further out of town, the more likely you will lose power. The more people on your street, the more quickly it will be restored (more customers = higher priority). If you're in downtown Wolfeboro, for example, it will rarely go out, and when it does, it's almost always restored very quickly. That was true for even in the big ice storm several years ago. I figure that might be because they don't like to leave emergency services & downtown businesses running on generator backup for very long.
Owning a home with underground utilities will also decrease the odds of power outages.
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