We have a generator, but my barn these days is a couple of large pines!! Just 2-4 inches of snow, no ice here. Only time op we were was off was a few hours at the start, a big limb knocked down a line somewhere no doubt! We have a fireplace engineered by a La. Coonass for sure. Wortkless except it did save our butts in "21. It was bad, more than 250 people actually froze to death in Tx.