Thunderstorms rolled through our part of the country late Monday afternoon. Our power was out Monday evening, throughout the night and all day Tuesday. After having no air conditioning, lights or computer for 23 hours and 14 minutes, an ABC News story jumped out at me
ABC News said: "Dolly, a Category 1 hurricane, was expected to dump up to 15 inches of rain, threatening flooding that could breach levees in the heavily populated Rio Grande valley. Dolly, upgraded from a tropical storm Tuesday, had sustained winds of 85 mph. Utility company AEP Texas reported power outages to more than 9,200 customers in Cameron County."
Compare that hurricane story to this article from our local daily newspaper on Wednesday: "At the height of Monday’s storms, more than 44,000 customers were without power. More details as they develop online and in Thursday’s newspaper."
Let's see if I have this right ... hurricane comes ashore and less than 10,000 people are without electricity. East Tennessee gets a couple of thunderstorms and 44,000 lose power for 24 hours. Yep, that sounds about right.
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