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NutmegYankee

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11. That's not a long outage. I was out over 175 hours from Irene in 2011.

Reply to FM123 (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 13, 2017, 06:39 PM

Sep 2017

And that was just a tropical storm. People in Sandy lost power for weeks in some cases, and the October Snow storm in 2011 knocked people out for 2 weeks in freezing cold conditions.

One technique is to ration the gas by running the generator only during the day. Or to run in cycles of a few hours at a time.

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Thousands of senior citizens still stranded without electricity in blazing hot FL!!! [View all] FM123 Sep 2017 OP

May wife asked why the families of those residents weren't checking on them sooner. tonyt53 Sep 2017 #1

Many of these homes had no electricity, no internet and no cell service malaise Sep 2017 #4

Exactly! FM123 Sep 2017 #6

If it was a loved one of mine, I would have walked through the debris to check on them. tonyt53 Sep 2017 #18

So many of those seniors retired down here, leaving their adult kids up north. FM123 Sep 2017 #5

Welcome to the world of climate change. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #2

A simple strategy to deal with this is a small box AC unit and generator. NutmegYankee Sep 2017 #3

Yes, it can help for a few days. However FP&L still has not restored power since Saturday. FM123 Sep 2017 #7

That's not a long outage. I was out over 175 hours from Irene in 2011. NutmegYankee Sep 2017 #11

Every day is a day too long for those seniors citizens up at century village FM123 Sep 2017 #14

Understand, but with widespread line damage, it will not be quick. NutmegYankee Sep 2017 #15

As a short-term band aid that works. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #8

Most of Florida in same boat elderly and everyone in between FloridaBlues Sep 2017 #9

You are so right! FM123 Sep 2017 #12

I find that neighbors are very friendly just after a freak weather event. NutmegYankee Sep 2017 #13

Yes, neighbors are much more neighborly when something like that has happened FM123 Sep 2017 #16

I hope I am wrong, but I am really afraid that there is more tragedy to come. FM123 Sep 2017 #10

OP here with update: FM123 Sep 2017 #17

The South is built cheaply and resilience is ignored. maxsolomon Sep 2017 #19