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Record outages in Conn. as Irene affects 728,000
Forbes.com ^

Posted on 08/29/2011 5:48:49 PM PDT by matt04

Edited on 08/29/2011 5:53:11 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The number of power outages in Connecticut keeps climbing, affecting more than 700,000 utility customers.

Connecticut Light & Power, a unit of Northeast Utilities System and the state's largest utility, says Tropical Storm Irene knocked out power to about 621,000 customers as of 3:30 p.m. Sunday. That's about half of its customers.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: clp; hurricane; irene
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To: matt04

My niece in NJ lost power the first night...they say it won’t be restored until next Monday.

Hundreds of thousands of trees down in NY, NJ, PA and New England. Billions in damages to properties and in business losses.

The videos on You-Tube from places like Brattleboro, VT. and Amsterdam, NY are astounding.

No doubt about it, FRiends...this was a huge storm.

Fortunately, unlike Katrina, it took place in states where people know how to take care of themselves, or the results would be much worse.

I have heard of no incidents of looting, either.

People are helping one another and Emergency responders are doing an outstanding job.


41 posted on 08/29/2011 6:53:08 PM PDT by Palladin (Sarah: Are you gonna fish or cut bait?)
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To: cripplecreek
Tell him to stick around, looks like we have another storm on the way...


42 posted on 08/29/2011 6:53:26 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: Westbrook

don’t you people know that nothing too bad happened to Washington DC or NYcity and nobody else matters....its “over hyped”..../sarcasm/


43 posted on 08/29/2011 6:54:08 PM PDT by cherry
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To: lightman

I’m hearing the same from relatives in Hershey and Palmyra. PP&L is usually on the ball in these situations. Road inaccessibility is one of the big problems due to the record number of downed trees.


44 posted on 08/29/2011 6:55:31 PM PDT by Palladin (Sarah: Are you gonna fish or cut bait?)
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To: matt04

“keeps climbing”

I would lay cash money on a jobs bill that concentrates on our electrical grid, complete with 1) minority preference, 2) Chinese materials, 3) green tech, and 4) the Google-bama NWO ‘chip’ as part of the smart grid. We may even see new thermometers distributed and installed by former census-now EPA personnel.


45 posted on 08/29/2011 7:00:38 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: rjeffries

go eat some cardboard MRE’s you dolt.....people are suffering and all you can do is talk like such a big man....


46 posted on 08/29/2011 7:02:50 PM PDT by cherry
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To: matt04

This ain’t nothing. Wait until Barry shuts down all the power plants and we’re all without electricity. I guess we can do a flash mob at one of those “wind farms” and all blow on those windmills.


47 posted on 08/29/2011 7:03:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If the Tea Party was a bunch of Islamofascist "rebels", would the state run "media" like us too?)
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To: rjeffries

> If you don’t prepare for emergency situations then it is on
> you. Everybody should have atleast a dozen cases of water
> and non-perishables tucked away somewhere.

We have nine kids at home and a herd of sheep and goats, as well as a passel of chickens. I don’t think bottled water would work for us.

We have a propane generator to pump the water, but it’s only good until the propane runs out. If the roads are closed or washed out, and fuel is scarce, as it is after 3 or 4 days without power, then we have to start hauling water from the creek and boiling it.

In the winter, that’s double hard because of the snow and ice.

We did catch a lot of rain water by funneling our downspouts into trash cans, so we could’ve used that if we needed it, but our power has been restored. I’m thinking of making that solution more permanent with a cement block cistern and a hand pump.

However, there are still almost 60,000 households without power in little New Hampshire. I hear it’s worse in Vermont and Maine.

Roads have been washed out, homes destroyed, bridges closed, and a lot of folks are isolated by the flooding.

But, as you say, we should be prepared, so it’s our own fault, so we shouldn’t expect any concern or prayers from you.


48 posted on 08/29/2011 7:04:43 PM PDT by Westbrook
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To: Palladin
Follow the progress or lack thereof here:

https://www.firstenergycorp.com/outages/outages.do?state_code=PA

49 posted on 08/29/2011 7:06:48 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: Palladin

of course you are right....chain saws were running within hours of the storm passing areas.....


50 posted on 08/29/2011 7:07:43 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Westbrook

**I tried the deep-well hand pump, but you had to pump 15 or 20 times before you got any water.***

How about a 4 inch wide, two feet long well bucket designed for drilled wells. My grandma in Tenn used one for years and they became popular again just before Y2K.


51 posted on 08/29/2011 7:12:11 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare! NEW PHOTOS & PAINTINGS)
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To: matt04

Get used to it. If the eco-freaks and the EPA get their way, you’ll be sitting in the dark all the time ... and your electric car won’t run either!


52 posted on 08/29/2011 7:15:12 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: cherry
of course you are right....chain saws were running within hours of the storm passing areas...

Hours? Who waits for hours?

Headed out Sunday morning with chainsaw, bar oil, gas can, and spare chain and needed it (just the saw, not the others) within 1/2 mile. Why bother the road crew when you can do it yourself.

53 posted on 08/29/2011 7:17:03 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: tongue-tied

If there had been an ice storm couldn’t she have just put the stuff outside to keep it cool?

I’m not being snarky, I’m a Floridian and have no experience with ice storms :-)


54 posted on 08/29/2011 7:17:09 PM PDT by GatorGirl (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: matt04
There is another thread similar to this one but it talks to the flooding in Vermont. Having read through the comments I find it interesting that we no longer seem to be united states. Our thinking is now quite regional as in, "This is what happened in my neck of the woods," or, "FEMA didn't do jack for us when this happened," or, "The media only gave us a quick mention so why should I worry about what's going on in your state?"

A house divided against itself will not stand, or something like that. How have these seeds of division been planted and how far will they grow to undermine the foundations of who we are as a nation?
55 posted on 08/29/2011 7:18:55 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: GatorGirl

I’ve had experience with winter and summer power outages and each has its challenges.

In winter you get free refrigeration but the challenge is heating safely so that pipes don’t freeze. In summer the challenge is cooling —thankfully not a problem this time as the circulation from the remnants of Irene is pulling in Canadian air/


56 posted on 08/29/2011 7:21:55 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: George from New England

“I still say this CT in the black outcome is a result of towns and cities regulating the cutting down or prohibiting the removing of ones own trees. Permits need to be applied for to cut foliage on property you own. Utilities need to get written and possibly notarized permission from property owners to trim and remove trees that threaten the overhead lines.”

That explains the orange X and sign I saw on a tree recently - Notice - This tree will be cut down on xx/yy - The Tree Warden


57 posted on 08/29/2011 7:44:43 PM PDT by Tymesup
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To: cripplecreek

I live up here in MA. We have a good ceramic hand filter for emergencies and a gallon of bleach. If it happens here, we won’t be able to bathe, but we will find a way to have water to drink if we run out of bottled water.

Need to do better on food, though.

No laughing matter up in Vermont. I poked fun at New York for closing all the Starbucks, but up there in VT those folks are undergoing a real trial.


58 posted on 08/29/2011 7:46:16 PM PDT by rlmorel ("When marching down the same road, one doesn't need 'marching orders' to reach the same destination")
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

> How about a 4 inch wide, two feet long well bucket designed > for drilled wells.

Yes, we bought one of those from Lehman’s, but it has some serious limitations when your static level is 70’.
:)


59 posted on 08/29/2011 8:04:05 PM PDT by Westbrook
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To: matt04

lights out in cheshire?


60 posted on 08/29/2011 8:17:23 PM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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