‘It feels like we’re being dismissed:’ Regency apartment complex resident stuck in the dark for days

Neighbors in a Regency apartment complex have been stuck in the dark for the past three days.

Power went out in two buildings Wednesday, but the lights still haven’t come back on, and residents are at their wit’s end.

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“When you were on the ground you could actually feel the ground buzz,” said Susan Long who rents an apartment at Bella Terraza.

That was just the start of Long and her neighbor Kennedy Cates’ woes on Wednesday.

After a JEA crew attempted to fix a wiring issue outside their buildings, power was lost completely.

“At that point, it’s really a situation that needs to be through the apartment complex,” said Long.

Now, on the third day without power, Long and Cates claim the complex has done little to address the issue.

“I saw yesterday, I have one neighbor, she was in her car over here, sleeping. Her car engine is running and I felt so bad,” said Long.

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And they argued the lack of electricity isn’t the only way they’re being kept in the dark.

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