I think a lot of this depends on where you live and how people prepare for different scenarios. I live in Houston and when hurricane Ike came, my neighborhood was without power for 16 days. Granted the power was back up in the Medical center district within 3 or 4 days but if you didn't live near the Med Center or some of the commercial centers you were without power for at least a week. We actually couldn't get out of out neighborhood without walking for a couple of
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