After the Hurricane

If you have ever lived in an area of the country where there are hurricanes, you know that the days after a hurricane rips through your town can be worse than the actual hurricane itself.

If it is a really devastating storm, rated a 4 or 5 on the scale, your town is likely to struggle to rebuild for years to come.

If it’s just a small hurricane that doesn’t directly hit you, though, there will be problems, but not devastating problems. Mostly, you will be inconvenienced for a few days, but sometimes up to several weeks. What causes all the trouble after a hurricane? Lack of electricity! When there is no power, it is hard to get all the stuff we are accustomed to that makes our lives nicer. Air conditioning is number one in my book. Without a/c, life is pure misery around here. Hurricane season, as it is known here, is in the summer. That means thermostats all over the area generally read in the 90s. That also means that people are switching their thermostats down a few degrees to make sure the a/c kicks in and does its job. But, after a hurricane, there is no power, so flipping the switch on the air conditioning will result in absolutely nothing. There will be cooling – or heating, either, for that matter – providing sweet relief. It’s also impossible to get gas for your car. Gas pumps work on electricity, so you better fill up before the storm arrives or you will be in trouble. A lot of times the HVAC systems at big places like hospitals will suffer damage, so the little guys like us can’t even get the HVAC crew out to the house if we have trouble.

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