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Floridians endure slow wait for power knocked out by Ian

Christina Barrett walks among the water damaged furniture outside her home Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. Residents along Florida's west coast are continuing to clean up after Hurricane Ian made landfall last week. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Residents clean up water soaked furniture from their homes Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. Residents along Florida's west coast continue to clean up after Hurricane Ian made landfall last week. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Residents drive through a flooded neighborhood Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. Rivers overflowed their banks from the effects of Hurricane Ian when the storm made landfall last week along Florida's west coast. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Residents behind a "you loot, we shoot" sign clean up their flooded property Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. Residents in the area continue cleaning up after Hurricane Ian came ashore along Florida's west coast last week. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Ron Audette removes water soaked memorabilia from his storm-damaged home after Hurricane Ian, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Jordan Cromer carries water logged trash out of his home Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. Residents along Florida's west coast are cleaning up damage after Hurricane Ian made landfall last week. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Andre McCourt throws away water logged furniture from his home Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. Residents were cleaning up flooding damage after Hurricane Ian came ashore last week. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) In this undated image from video, damaged vehicles and debris are seen on Sanibel Island, Fla. Chuck Larsen's home was slammed by Hurricane Ian and he spent a harrowing few days on the isolated island before being evacuated over the weekend. (Chuck Larsen/SantivaChronicle.com via AP) J.C. Derison, a DeSoto County commissioner, who is using his airboat along with other citizen volunteers, carries an oxygen tank as he evacuates residents during flooding along the Peace River in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Arcadia, Fla., Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Residents are evacuated by airboat through floodwaters along the Peace River in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Arcadia, Fla., Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) A member of the Florida National Guard helps stack emergency supplies that arrived by boat during flooding along the Peace River in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Arcadia, Fla., Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) William Merman, left, and his friend Leaf Connor walk through floodwater in Connor's neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in North Port, Fla., Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Vehicles make their way through floodwaters caused in part to the remnants of Hurricane Ian in the Larchmont neighborhood of Norfolk, Va.,on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)