So I guess I dug this thread up for nothing
but it looks like it created some good conversation.
I was going to consider this generator, because of it's output and the reviews basically stating it is legit, and for the price there is nothing that compares that I found.
A-iPower 9000-Watt Gasoline Powered Electric Start Portable Generator-SUA12000E - The Home Depot
Was then going to install a manual transfer switch, because the cost of doing so is very close to the cost of a good portable A/C unit, with the benefit of not having to have cords running all over the place, and with the transfer switch, we'd have the ability (with careful power management) to have basically whole house power, minus a few things here and there.
We rent the house my dad owns, and I grew up in, so since we don't own it, my wife said fck it, we'll just go get a hotel if we need to
Apparently she doesn't want to pay for anything we can't take with us when we do buy a house lol