@Robin985 Last year August, we had an EF-1 tornado pass through our neighborhood, during a monster storm. Many houses suffered damage from flying debris or falling trees and branches. We lost many huge old trees, one of which fell right outside my house, on the parkway, partially blocking the road.
Thankfully, my house suffered no damage, but the power went out due to two downed transformers. That was Monday afternoon at 4.30pm. I had guests coming in on Saturday. We had no idea when the power was likely to be restored. The electric company thought possibly by the weekend, but were non-committal.
I started communicating with the guests to see if they wanted to cancel, or wait and see. I messaged them every day with updates. We got the roads and sidewalks mostly cleared by Wednesday, thanks to the efforts of neighbors with chainsaws, but there was tree debris everywhere for weeks, until the city could catch up with clearing.
We finally got power restored by Thursday late afternoon, after crews from all over the region worked pretty much 24 hours a day. The guests stayed, had a great stay, were understanding of the situation, and very appreciative of the daily updates.
It could have all gone very differently with a different group of guests.
