An extended power outage can affect more than the temperature inside a Southwest Florida home. Learn how losing climate control can raise indoor humidity, affect materials, and even contribute to a humidity bloom without a roof leak, broken pipe, or other direct water intrusion.

In Southwest Florida, one rainy afternoon usually does not get much attention. But when heavy rain continues for several days, the conditions around your home begin to change. By late summer, roofs, exterior walls, landscaping, drainage areas, and the ground surrounding a home may have already been exposed to weeks of repeated rainfall and high humidity. When another stretch of wet weather arrives, there may be less time for everything to dry between storms. That does not mea