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Tens of thousands without power; wind gusts top 79 miles per hour as weather system roils Mass.
Boston Globe ^

Posted on 03/02/2021 10:08:51 AM PST by Brilliant

Tens of thousands are without power Tuesday as a weather system packing powerful winds and arctic temperatures continues to roar across Massachusetts, downing power lines and knocking a massive tree into a Westborough home.

Winds routinely reached 50 miles per hour across Massachusetts Monday night and into Tuesday with some communities reporting 60 mile-per-hour gusts. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for most of the state that will remain in effect until 3 p.m. Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at mailchi.mp ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: localnews; massachusetts; poweroutage
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I guess the did not winterize.
1 posted on 03/02/2021 10:08:51 AM PST by Brilliant
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The windmills should be working good.(sarc)


2 posted on 03/02/2021 10:10:09 AM PST by taterjay
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Need more obviously. Oh and eco-friendly solar panels too.


3 posted on 03/02/2021 10:11:20 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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4 posted on 03/02/2021 10:16:45 AM PST by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Brilliant

This happens because Massachusetts sucks.


5 posted on 03/02/2021 10:21:29 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: rktman

Are the lefties up in arms about the power being out in Massa-2-sh%#s????


6 posted on 03/02/2021 10:25:00 AM PST by MGunny ( )
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Are the lefties up in arms about the power being out in Massa-2-sh%#s????


7 posted on 03/02/2021 10:25:56 AM PST by MGunny ( )
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Maybe Romney got hurt trying to examine a windmill?


8 posted on 03/02/2021 10:27:57 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: Brilliant

Southern Maine (Central Maine Power) Outage List

Detail by County is listed below.
County Customers Without Power
ANDROSCOGGIN 750
CUMBERLAND 1,256
FRANKLIN* 4,489
HANCOCK 240
KENNEBEC 493
KNOX 2,031
LINCOLN 2,463
OXFORD 11,773
PENOBSCOT* 1,693
PISCATAQUIS* 1,459
SAGADAHOC 1,526
SOMERSET* 4,374
WALDO 2,182
YORK 9,770
Total 44,499
* Actually Northern Maine, but served by CMP.


9 posted on 03/02/2021 10:28:05 AM PST by Steven Scharf
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It happened in NH too.
I lost power last night @ 11pm. Eversource states power shall be back on @ 4pm this afternoon.

Along with the wind was single digit temps. It was 6 degrees outside at 6:30 am. It was 55 degrees in my bedroom @ 6am when I woke up. I then went down, opened the garage and pulled out the Honda generator. Flipped ten breakers to the Gentran switch box and powered up the house.


10 posted on 03/02/2021 10:29:32 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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Hope both conservatives are ok...


11 posted on 03/02/2021 10:32:42 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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Here on LI NY we have getting quite a Blow last night and today. Had to track down my garbage cans this AM. One was a block away.


12 posted on 03/02/2021 10:33:19 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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One of the guys in my office had his Weber propane grill blow off of his deck. He lives up on the top of a hill in south western NH.


13 posted on 03/02/2021 10:35:36 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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...a fitting end to any propane covered grill.

Sorry Hank.


14 posted on 03/02/2021 10:44:17 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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My cable went down for 2 minutes last night, it was then I knew how Texans felt last week.


15 posted on 03/02/2021 10:49:48 AM PST by Sparky1776
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Impeach Sleepy46 for his mishandling of the weather.


16 posted on 03/02/2021 10:51:33 AM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: taterjay

Too windy for wind.


17 posted on 03/02/2021 10:54:32 AM PST by AU72
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To: Brilliant

Surely Elizabeth Warren can do some war dance and make it stop.


18 posted on 03/02/2021 11:10:16 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: taterjay

No, they’re supposed to shut down at 55 mph.


19 posted on 03/02/2021 12:13:06 PM PST by Renkluaf
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Wind's been cranking 50+ here in central Konnecticut since last night.

Still have power, but also wood stove, generator, camp stove, etc - because I don't want the gub'mint's help, dammit. Just leave me alone.

20 posted on 03/02/2021 12:13:13 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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