[Florida] 2.6+ Million People Without Power

[Daniel E.]

Over 2M Without Power in Florida as Hurricane Ian Moves Across State

The storm has hindered emergency efforts overnight, forcing rescue operations to wait until the morning.

www.newsweek.com

9/29/22 AT 4:20 AM EDT

PowerOutage.us, a website that tracks blackouts across the country, shows that the most affected areas in Florida are DeSoto County, with a power outage estimated at 99.9 percent and over 18,000 people affected, Charlotte, with a power outage estimated at 98.4 percent and over 125,000 people affected, and Hardee, with an estimated power outage of 91.23 percent and over 8,000 customers left in the dark...

 

[Daniel E.]

Current estimate is 2.65 million without power:

Florida Power Outages Map

PowerOutage.us tracks, records, and aggregates power outages across the United States.

poweroutage.us

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Wow that's a major storm!

Fortunately, they don't have to worry about staying worm and they're coming into their fall-winter season where the heat will be less oppressive.

Are your folks still in Florida, Daniel? Do you know if they are affected?

 

[Daniel E.]

No, my parents moved up north to Tennessee more than a few years ago.

My only family left in Florida are on my husband's side. His daughter and three of his grandchildren live in Polk county, which did lose a good amount of power. They are still without power but doing well. My husband talked to the grandkids this morning, and they are just happy to be out of school

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Kids are great at finding the silver lining in the cloud.