I believe a large number of the people without power have no power because it was shut off, not because the storm knocked it out. But I’m not sure.
And I am saying it is a small area, relatively speaking. Chicago, LA, Seattle, Phoenix, etc. are not impacted.
I’m not saying it is not a big deal, especially to those in the thick of it. I’m just trying to zero in on the correct perspective from which to take this event in.
From North Carolina to Canada and from the East Coast to Chicago does not qualify as a large are to you?
As far as I know it was only lower Manhattan that had the power deliberately cut (500K people). The other 7.5 million are due to storm damage. Which is the largest ever for storm damage.