After Hurricane Ike hit Houston, we waited 22 days for power to be restored in our neighborhood, not far from the central city. Neighbors helped neighbors survive it, but it was hard.
It’s hard to imagine the people in NJ and NY being able to last that long because winter will be upon them. They need to get out now, before the unrest begins.
Wow, 22 days is a darn long time. Worst we had was 14 days with Hurricane Gloria in 1985 (also *just* a Cat 1). That one took us three days to cut all the trees out of the way to get to the road. After that we could get drinking water at a local state forest that had an old well with a hand-pump. We had our grandpa living with us, and had to deal with his Alzheimer’s during that storm. Eye-opening experience for me as a 15 year-old.
I’ve never taken storm warnings for granted since.
I went 9 days in Northern CT after the 2011 Halloween storm. Wouldn’t want to be in parts of NYC or NJ after a few days the welfare class without power, etc.