Candy Maker Saves Chocolate In Bank Vault During Power Outage

A Broward County bank helped a candy maker save her business, one bonbon at a time.
Hurricane Katrina's sweep last week through Broward County cut the power to Jan's Homemade Candies in Lauderdale-by-the Sea. Without air conditioning, owner Jan Lendi says she stood to lose $8,500 worth of chocolate bonbons. Worried about declaring bankruptcy if she lost the chocolate, she called Colonial Bank in Sea Ranch Lakes.
Lendi says bank employees told her they had power, and invited her to deposit her 2,000 pounds of truffles, creams, nut clusters and other sweets in the bank's vault.
The chocolate and Lendi kept their cool while many other South Florida homes and business sweated out the power outage. About 155,262 Florida Power and Light customers are still waiting for power Tuesday. ...via