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1.3 million still without power in Houston after Hurricane Beryl(www.houstonpublicmedia.org)

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e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net
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I only got power back yesterday evening.

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Absurd! I hope you made it through without a heat stroke or anything 😭

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I have a power bank and foldable solar panels. That provided enough power to keep my refrigerator running.

I also have an EcoFlow Wave2 portable air conditioner that I was able to partially charge with solar. The AC function uses too much energy, but it can also operate as just a fan, in which mode the battery will last for days and days. Having the fan on me helped a lot.

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