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NutmegYankee

(16,178 posts)
15. Understand, but with widespread line damage, it will not be quick.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 06:52 PM
Sep 2017

I'd be surprised if everyone was back on in just 2 weeks just given the scale of damage. Sensitive facilities should have diesel or natural gas generator backup.

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
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