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4meAndyou · F
My worry is losing power. We have a generator in this building, but it will only operate the lights in the lobbies on each floor and emergency power for the elevator. It actually caught on fire recently due to a short, and has been repaired...but...
Since we are in the midst of hurricane season, I gave some thought to what I would do in this oven of an upper floor apartment if we lost power for one day or longer, so recently I bought 2 10" battery powered fans and 24 batteries. It's really bad here in this building without ac. I've seen people sitting in their cars with the motor running and the ac on.
Since we are in the midst of hurricane season, I gave some thought to what I would do in this oven of an upper floor apartment if we lost power for one day or longer, so recently I bought 2 10" battery powered fans and 24 batteries. It's really bad here in this building without ac. I've seen people sitting in their cars with the motor running and the ac on.
4meAndyou · F
@Nimbus I am not sure what the people on oxygen do in those cases. I used to know someone on oxygen, and I never found out if her apartment was powered by the emergency generators.
There are quite horrible community shelters available if the outage is of long duration. You can't bring your pets, and you sleep on army cots in barnlike conditions.Perhaps they can go there?
I was so fortunate that I was able to survive four days without power during our last great winter storm. I worked at a nursing home during that time, and I was able to take a shower in the morning in the workers area in the basement.
There are quite horrible community shelters available if the outage is of long duration. You can't bring your pets, and you sleep on army cots in barnlike conditions.Perhaps they can go there?
I was so fortunate that I was able to survive four days without power during our last great winter storm. I worked at a nursing home during that time, and I was able to take a shower in the morning in the workers area in the basement.
