 Early this morning, poweroutage.com had the statewide figure of around 1,700,000. It's hot. Erica Robinson spoke to the AP about her frustrations. Over 800,000 people in my area are without power and they'll get to us when they can. And that was the last thing I heard. And then I lost power on my phone. Some families were dealing with both power outages and hurricane damage. Peuta Allen brought her family to cool down and use the internet. She says at night they've had to board up their house, which was like locking yourself into a sauna.