We were out 88 hours August 29-September 1 this year in Isaac. That's new Orleans, late summer btw. Temperatures well into the 90s, with dewpoints to match. Never below 75F, even in the middle of the night. I would have loved to have traded my Isaac experience this year for three times the outage duration with temps in the 40s and 50s. Sounds like a vacation to me.
For the record, after Katrina my home was down for a month. These crybabies in the mid Atlantic have no freaking clue.
I hear ya. The thing that takes down powerlines is wet snow and ice. When it’s really cold, it doesn’t snow, except for lake effect snow. The leading edge of the cold front squeezes the moisture out of the air, so really cold air is dry and doesn’t take down powerlines.
I would much rather spend a couple of nights cuddling wifey under the blankets than spend a few days in Gulf summer heat without A/C. No question about it.