WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. August 2, 2006: A reader noting the electric crisis in the Highlands writes:

I think neighborhood heads should get together with residents  to get ideas to put in their newsletters to help each other, For   instance, if your neighborhood has a blackout, but your house does not,  there are things you can do to help neighbors, like charge cell   phones and store the more expensive food items that might spoil if  your fridge has room.  You might even toss an extension cord out your  window for them.

I think people just don't think, or they would help their neighbors and the subject just needs to be broached. People also don't realize that if they have generators they really should be  trying to help neighbors because those neighbors, aside from having  to deal with a blackout have to listen to a loud generator while trying to sleep. I don't think the generator-blessed people would be  so exclusionary in their electricity if they thought about it.