Nancy Young wrote:

> On 2/7/2017 1:22 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:52:24 -0700, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:58:54 -0500, Brooklyn1
> >> > wrote:
> >> snip
> >> Normal folks don't leave home during a power outage.
> >>
> >> Why not?
> >
> > I've been known to get a hotel. The biggest factor being no A/C on a
> > 100F day and 110% humidity. Columbus Ohio, where it doesn't cool down
> > at night.
>
> My first thought is Where can we go to be in a warm/cool place with
> lights and food. And if I think it's going to be a long stretch, how
> far do we have to drive to find a hotel.


Years ago the power went out in my Chicago nabe, I immediately booked a nearby hotel for two nights. It was a beastly hot 'n humid heat wave, and I had to have A/C and warm water for showers...my skin was crawiling with sweat it was so hot, no breeze or anything.

Back in the day - 20+ years ago - Chicago's power grid in large areas had not been updated since the 1920's, this was an occasion when the grid simply gave up and died...after much outcry Con Ed eventually invested $$$ in upgrades...


> Extreme example, but when Hurricane Sandy left, my first act was
> to drive to the tree service and get on their list to come take
> downed trees away, the second was to find a hotel to make reservations
> for a few days out so we could break up the no electricity monotony.


Exactly...


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Greg