Thanks for the Southpark link :))
Actually, changing the whole infrastructure is what is necessary. Changing the way we view energy consumption and generation. We need a new paradigm. The old one fails. It's not just hurricanes and outages. It's overall security, waste, CO2, cost.
Obviously, I'm not an engineer, but the reading I did persuades me that with research we can improve the current state of wind/solar and even geothermal. We can build a new, flexible system of electricity delivery that is integrated and yet islandable. The legacy grid, a product of early 20th century technology and imagination, is ready for huge investment to keep it viable. But why bother throwing money into an inflexible, insecure system. Look to the future. Build for the future. Invest in the future. Microgrids.
You can tell, I' really sold on this.