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71-year-old Michael Thomas just got home from the hospital. He slipped and fell... hurt himself. But, when he got home, his place in Sherman Oaks was like an oven. "I didn't know that I was going to be coming home to this. No air conditioning. No electricity," Thomas said.He said it was hot, uncomfortable and so dark, especially at night. "We're using lanterns. We're using flashlights," his son Jason said.
"We have restored 71,000 customers since the start of the storm," officials said.That's what David Hanson with LADWP calls this - a heat storm."Right now with the high temperatures maintaining for several days this time of the year and for it not to cool down in the evening... that's the issue," he said.Hanson says power equipment can run overloaded if necessary but still has to have a chance to cool down and reset overnight.
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