So, what are some rules of thumb? We’ve had three outages in the last six months, ranging from 3-12 hours. The first two happened during intense rainstorms with a lot of cloud cover. We are having one now during a very, darkening-sky nor’easter that left about five wet inches of slushy snow on the ground. A lot of wind, too; the snow has turned to rain and there are traces of slush on the dish. So what contributes to weather-related outages and is there anything I can do about them?