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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:11 PM Oct 2012

From Jersey Central Power and light emergency response page

Our call centers will be fully staffed. If you lose power, please call 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877) to report your outage or click here to report your outage online. Outage information is also available on our 24/7 Power Center Maps.

https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/customer/outages_help/Sandy.html

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From Jersey Central Power and light emergency response page (Original Post) DainBramaged Oct 2012 OP

actually FirstLight Oct 2012 #1

If the cell phone is still working, it might be possible. Liberal Veteran Oct 2012 #2

Now, now, someone might be able to use a smart phone to do that htuttle Oct 2012 #3

I have an older kindle with 3G and Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #4

FirstLight

(13,355 posts)

1. actually

Reply to DainBramaged (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:15 PM

Oct 2012

smart phones and charged computers may still be able to get wifi/sattelite/4G whatever... so online is sometimes a better option than the phone. and usually when electricity is out, the phones don't work...unless you have one of those old analog types on hand for emergencies, like me