705K remain in dark after Irene

WFSB ^

[matt04]

More than 700,000 customers remained in the dark Monday morning after Tropical Storm Irene swept through the state.

Officials at Connecticut Light & Power said crews will work around the clock until restoration efforts are complete.

During what will likely be a multi-day restoration effort, nearly 75 percent of crews will begin their shift at 7 a.m. to utilize daylight hours.

The remaining 25 percent will begin at 3 p.m. and will work through the night.

All CL&P employees are also required to take an eight-hour rest period between shifts to ensure safety.

"Having a vast majority of crews work during daylight hours allows us to maximize the efficiency of our workforce as we face a week or more of restoration efforts," said Jeff Butler, of CL&P. "The safety of our employees, contractors and our customers is of our utmost concern and we want to make sure everyone working on this restoration has appropriate time to rest between shifts."

[bgill]

75 percent of crews will begin their shift at 7 a.m. to utilize daylight hours. The remaining 25 percent will begin at 3 p.m. and will work through the night

Give me the 7 a.m. shift with a union lunch hour. Someone else can take the 3 pm. to dawn sift. Yeah, I know, more silly reporting and no proof reading.

[The Great RJ]

Blackouts like this will soon become common as a result of new EPA policies that will shut down numerous coal fired power plants.

[gavjoe]

The hurricane was gone late morning Sunday. NOTHING was done yesterday. 24 hours my arse. We'll be in the dark in Stamford for a week.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Who would have thunk that unicorns were not a reliable power source?

[Steamburg]

No matter what the state of the power grid; there are lots of people in the dark on the East Coast. The silver lining is that they won’t be hearing as much from the Official Goberment News.

[CT-Freeper]

Gone late Sunday morning? What part of CT are you in?
We had high winds at least until 3 or 4 pm in Waterbury, and the rain was pretty constant until noon or later.

We lost power at 7:00 am Sunday morning and still don't have it back yet. Also had a little bit of water in the basement because there wasn't any power to run the sump pumps, some leaks in the roof, and some missing siding. One piece of our aluminum siding actually blew off and pierced the siding of our neighbor's house, because it came off near the roof and had a sharp point on one end. That could have been dangerous!

As for the CL&P repairs, I sure don't expect them to do too much until the winds had died down some. I certainly wouldn't expect them to be up in their buckets during high winds.