[STARWISE]

An electrical contractor examines the makeshift electrical connection Norena used for 15 years to get a light and small refrigerator in her Cutler Bay home

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I'm just stunned. Having lost it all in Andrew (except my car), I can't imagine how an elderly woman survived in this sad state, in that decimated area, for this long. God love her, she's got some kind of fortitude and endurance. Damn those lousy, rotten thieving contractors.

[SuziQ]

I frankly can't believe that her neighbors didn't at least find someone amongst them who could help this lady! Did she not TELL anyone she no longer had power? Did NO neighbor ever wonder why there were no lights on at night?

[neodad]

Bush's Fault!

[perfect stranger]

Blame FEMA? Blame Bush?

[Reagan Man]

At least she had low utility bills for 15 years. HA!

[cherry]

define "elderly" ...

not having a hot shower is like, what, #2,345,959 worse thing to ever happen to anybody?

I don't belittle this woman her experience, but she's alive, she has a home, she could have DONE something about this a long time ago, maybe call in the local newsrag to do an expose....

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Sounds like how someone might live after a nuclear war...how many people might be living like this in New Orleans right now?

[There You Go Again]

Now she is contributing to global warming.....shame on her....turn her power back off right now! (Just kidding...I wish the libs. would live without power...)

[NautiNurse]

This is a very strange story. The video indicates she is not homebound (they described how she came home to lights on Friday). She was ambulatory in the video as well. For dramatic effect, they described her taking "icy showers" for 15 years. Every south FL resident knows that for much of the year, cold water runs warm out of the tap.

There is much more to the story than information provided.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

How  do you square this:

An elderly woman who had been living without power in her home due to hurricane damage was finally seeing the light Friday night, when power to her home was restored.

with this:

Electrical contractor Kent Crook was amazed when he saw how she managed to get a tiny amount of electricity into the house for a Spartan existence.

"She has extension cords running into her house, plugged into a tiny little refrigerator and a cook top, and a lamp or two in front of her house," he marveled.
 

She had power - she was not "without power". What she didn't have was service, as in a drop line and a premise registered as an account with the local utility.

WTF is happening to journalism these days?