I'm at my mom-in-law's house right now (about an hour and a half south of Blazin) warming the house with a generator for a few hours to keep the pipes from freezing solid at 20*. Still no power here after a week, and with 10" of the fluffy stuff expected today/tonight, the power crew thinks it may take until mid-week next week! I lost power at my place for 30 hours, and used a little honda 2400 watt generator to power the oil furnace (also heats my water), my fridge or the upright freezer (not both at once) a small tv with sat box, and my laptop with Verizon mobile broadband, which I'm using now. If you just need the basics, you can get by with a rather small unit.
And those Honda engines are bullet-proof. I have a 25 y/o honda mower that still starts on the first pull every time Just change the oil every now and then.