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John Rutherford: “I lived through Hurricane Dora in 1964, when we had, you know, no power for over 3 weeks.”

On the recordApril 17, 2023
I lived through Hurricane Dora in 1964, when we had, you know, no power for over 3 weeks.
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John Rutherford
Republican · Florida

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Rutherford reflects on the long-term power outages from past hurricanes to stress the importance of preparedness.

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