By Adam Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter

In Raleigh, power lines were down along Sunnybrook Drive, causing problems for local businesses.

Tidy Maids decided to tap into the electricity on the other side of the office park, which still had power, so the firm could get enough juice to run computers.

“Everybody here was looking for power cords and extensions, doing what we could to maintain our business,” said Susan Adams, explaining the jerry-rigged cable the firm had stretched across the parking lot.

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