Posted by Matt from CT on December 18, 2008 at 13:14:38 from (72.59.186.23):
In Reply to: power blackout status posted by buickanddeere on December 18, 2008 at 08:47:21:
Yep.
Like Cue P said, Central Mass north of Worcester, the Berkshire highlands in Massachuetts, and southern New Hampshire.
The big Worcester AM radio station has suspended it's normal talk shows since last Thursday and is still doing back-and-forth information with the municipalities, utilities, and residents. They didn't have phone service until Tuesday -- the worked through the weekend with a cell phone and text messages. Click the link if you'd like to listen over the internet.
Food is there, sounds like the roads are cleared as of yesterday, but the 1500 National Guard troops they were going to dismiss have been kept on active duty since another storm is expected Friday and another on Sunday.
Fitchburg, a city of 80,000, still has streets where the primaries haven't been repaired.
For folks in isolated rural areas, some are being told after Christmas before they have power.
Lots of stuff you usually don't hear about. Unitil lost power to 13 out of 16(?) substations in the Fitchburg/Leominister area. Numerous other towns likewise were dark until Monday or Tuesday due to damage that had their substations w/o power. A lot of people (including my sister for a day and a half) had "half power" due losing only one leg of the 220v feed to the house. You never usually here about stuff like that.
Most of the schools closed since last Friday, many just gave up and closed through the Christmas Vacation, see you on January 5th. A bunch more probably will do that with bad snow storm predicted for tomorrow, and possibly Sunday.
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