“Just turned to Fox to hear that NYC was considering shutting down power???”
That’s a big mistake. They did that down here (PR) for Jeannie a few years ago and when they turned the power back on the whole system crashed - for two weeks. They should leave the power on - that’s wht they have fuses and circuit breakers and what not. Plus Bloomie’s little people need to stay tuned as long as possible. Why put them into misery earlier than necessary.
For this same storm we left the power on and in my area power was back after only 4 hours. Most of the island had electricity within 24 hours, and almost a week later, there are only isolated pockets without power.
They said if salt water gets in the lines when the power is on the damage will be extreme. If it gets in the lines when power is not on it can be cleaned and power restored more quickly.