I can't imagine people going without power for so long in today's age. But then again, I have seen areas in Honduras that don't have any electricity and the women continue to wash clothes by hand in the river.
As an aside, cold kills more people than hot weather and right now here in S.E. Michigan the temperature is 0......Loss of power for any substantial length of time would be devastating.
The rural electric cooperatives from Missouri and Oklahoma have sent teams of linemen with equipment to countries in South America.
If they can fly these guys to Brazil and Columbia, why not Puerto Rico ?
Yep. We woke up to -5. And a ton of snow. Your northern neighbor.
Cardboard, foil and tape will make a solar oven.