Considering all the hubbub about the east coast super storm and long term lack of power, I've started looking at generators. I don't know anything about generators, electricity, etc. My brother is a sparky and I rely on him for stuff like this.

So, the $64,000 questions are; What generators should I be looking at? How do people set them up to run their houses after the power goes out? Could this be done with a generator that is still portable enough for me to toss in the back of the truck if I it got so bad I needed to bug out? Basically, I need a crash course...