I remember when we were hit by a hurricane about seven years ago.
Our electricity was out for ten days.
Of course, those living in the wealthier areas of town had their electricity back on almost immediately, but, we poor folks had to wait. It was horrible. The temperatures stayed around the low to middle nineties, which we were used to, but, the humidity was unbearable. And, it felt like that hurricane took all the breeze with it. Because we were in the neglected side of town, our drainage system wasn’t as good as it was in the wealthier areas, and, after a few days, the mosquitoes were unbearable! It’s not like we could sit in our homes with the doors closed. It was way too hot. And, most of us in that area didn’t have the luxury of screened doors or screened in porches. I actually went to my sister’s house and borrowed my infant nephew so that my neighbor would feel bad enough to hook us up to his generator and we could run our fans, at least. I couldn’t wait for our power to come back on so that we could run our air conditioner. It was so humid and the bugs were so awful, I still cringe thinking about it. It took ten long days before our power was restored. We had to wait for equipment to be brought down from up North. Boy, were we grateful to have our air conditioning back!