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Residents grow weary after more than a week without power “We will still be doing a category of work called reconnects that have to do with people who had damage to their houses and have to retain the services of an electrician” before crews can restore electricity, Broyles said.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people found a place to sleep and hot meals over the weekend at a temporary shelter established at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City. Officials reported 349 people stayed at the shelter Sunday night, down from more than 400 on Friday and Saturday nights. The storm and resulting power outages has been particularly difficult for low-income families, said Vince Hernandez, chairman of the American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma. Many people depleted their funds stocking up on food before the storm that went bad when the power went out, while others used money to stay in a hotel, thinking power would be restored within a day or two. “We’ve had people using generators who ran out of money for fuel to operate the generators,” Hernandez said. Trent and Lacey Boyer of Oklahoma City spent Monday morning playing dominoes with some other temporary residents of the downtown Oklahoma City shelter. “We toughed it out at home for the first few days, but then it got too cold,” Lacey Boyer said. Jerry Odom said he’s tried to make the best of the situation, attending a Blazers hockey game at the Cox Center and taking a walk through the nearby Oklahoma City Botanical Gardens. “I’m trying to make a vacation out of it,” Odom said. “I’m dealing with it the best I can.” 
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