We had a bad storm go through our area last year.
Five inches of rain fell in about twelve hours.
The wind brought down trees that had been standing for decades. It destroyed houses from falling trees, and people were without electricity for almost a month. We were one of the few houses on our street that was left standing. Our air conditioning unit had no damage, and it was still standing on its outside pad. I told my husband that if we had electricity, I would turn the air conditioning on and inviting neighbors to stay. He told me that before we turned the AC unit on; he wanted the HVAC company to do a good inspection, and that couldn’t happen until the power came back on. I thought he was making a lot of excuses to not use the AC unit, but I understood why. We had power restored two weeks later, and the HVAC company was at the house two days after that. They went over the air conditioning unit. The HVAC tech said that it appeared to be in good shape, but considering the storm it went through, he was hesitant to tell us to use it. Our homeowner’s insurance would pay to replace the HVAC system along with the minor repairs that was needed for the house, but I didn’t want to waste our insurance on an air conditioning that may be usable. When my husband mentioned it shorting out and causing our house to burn down, I changed my mind. I told the HVAC company to order a new AC unit for the house.