On this day in 1965 a massive power failure started in New York. Within minutes most of the North East Coast and parts of Canada were blacked out, affecting 30 million people and 80,000 square miles. For hours everything was dark and nothing worked, proving just how dependent we are today on electricity. Even if your local blackouts aren't quite so bad, you can take steps to keep things going by adding rooftop solar panels. Today's models are small, powerful and inexpensive and they're not big old clunky panels either. New solar cells are thin and barely visible. Some flex and bend to fit any roof shape and you can even get solar shingles that look and install like regular roof shingles. You can get solar systems in many sizes to provide direct power during the day and to store electricity in batteries for night. Whether you want back up for storms and outages, or just Y2 chaos "peace of mind", power up with sunlight! And that's the On The House tip for today...