Heat wave tough for residents without power

SAN DIEGO - Wednesday marks the fifth day of a heat wave that has scorched San Diego County, and while many are getting by without air conditioning, 10News spoke to some San Diegans trying to beat the heat without electricity.

In the Talmadge area on Wednesday afternoon, 10News found resident Sue Hirsch returning from El Cajon, where she spent some time in an air-conditioned mall. She chose to leave the house in the morning after enduring 17 hours with no A/C or fan. She came back a couple of hours later to find her power had been restored.

"Oh lord, we finally have some power," said Hirsch.

She couldn't wait to turn on her fans and turn up the air conditioner after a long, hot night.

"It was terrible. It was just absolutely humid," added Hirsch.

It didn't take long for the morning to heat up. At a North Park elementary school, a parent snapped a shot of a thermometer in her son's classroom and sent it in to 10News. It showed 95 degrees at 9 a.m.

In the Broadway Heights area, off state Route 94, there was frustration among residents because they experienced a power outage Monday night, and then again on Tuesday. Yet, none of the heavy rain or strong winds on Tuesday afternoon came through their neighborhood.

"I couldn't sleep, and now I have meat in the deep freeze. I have meat in the refrigerator and everything is going bad," said resident Debbie Tucker.

"We've got hundreds of dollars of food that's gone spoiled," added resident Angela Murrell.

Resident Patricia Baker checked on her elderly mother, who lived in another part of the neighborhood.

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Heat wave tough for residents without power