Kids missing school

I understand cutting power during extreme wind events, however, when it is cut 6+ hours before actual wind arrives, it causes a huge burden for those that have very young children or elderly on oxygen. With technology, we can see real time wind speeds. Why does it need to be cut so early based on a forecast rather than what is actually happening? For me in particular, I have a child on an IEP with an intellectual disability who has missed 3 days of school in a row as well as making it difficult to taking care of my kids when I can’t feed them food from the refrigerator, can’t cook and am concerned about keeping them warm enough at night. In the 10+ years I have lived here, we have only lost power a handful of times. Why does it take excel so long to restore electricity? When the wind ceases, it is no longer a public service safety as there are no longer high winds. Instead, their hesitation to turn the power back on just exasperates the problem.