I noted this the other day in a story about how awful it was for Ted Cruz to not be in Texas duing a blackout. If you live in the northeast you wery well may experience power outages regularly because older neighborhoods have suspended power lines right up against trees that were saplings when the lines went in 50, 60, 70 years ago but are giant mature trees at the end of their lifespans now. They drop large branches or fall over completely in big storms all the time (summer and winter) and we lose power, sometime for days until its safe to turn it back on everywhere. It sucks, especially when it happens after an ice storm.
And I'll add that nobody who is freezing in the dark waiting for power to come back gives a second thought to what their Senator is doing at that moment.
I'm in Upstate and you're correct...I remember being out for more than a week. Toughed it out for a couple days. When our nice toasty Rec center opened up, I scooted over....coffee Yay...and cots if overnight was necessary.
Never even thought about my Senator. Why would I?
Having him load water?? Just a photo op....crap that Obama pulled.