Not quite the same. As somebody that lived through Hurricane Andrew I can tell you that electricity is a necessity.
Pmags and ARs are not. The people spending ridiculous money on these non-necessities are idiots. But hey, they're free to be stupid.
I still have my generator in the garage from Andrew , I bought it months before, you couldn't buy one after, even tho some were selling them for 4 times the price!!!!