My spouse and I endured many days of rain when a tropical storm came on land and sat in the same place for more than 24 hours.
The rain fell at a rate of many inches an hour at one time.
The wind was howling all night long on the first day. It was one of the most intense storms that I have never encountered. After the hour day of rain, the power to the house was knocked out! No one in the neighborhood had any power and the electric corporation didn’t have any great news for us either. They could not come out to restore the power until the storm was over. In the meantime, both of us were uncomfortable and hot, but my spouse sent me to the hardware store to find a generator capable of running the central AC. I talked to a sales clerk at the hardware store, because I didn’t want to make the wrong decision. I told the sales clerk that I wanted to run the central AC, refrigerator, deep freezer, and a couple of outlets using a generator. The sales clerk offered me a couple of uncommon possibilities and I chose the one that was the cheapest. That was a big mistake, because the generator actually does not run the A/C well. It shuts off and trips the breaker when both of us run the A/C and the refrigerator at the same time. My spouse still complains about the awful purchase. I can’t blame his for being frustrated, because the generator was a terribly cheap choice. I should have spent the extra money for something with a bigger engine.