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freshwest

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5. I wonder how many of those had damage with Sandy, too.

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Sat Feb 9, 2013, 02:19 AM

Feb 2013

Although that many without power for a few hours or even a day is not unknown out here, and why we have gone hard for putting power underground in the last ten years out here. Hopefully these will just be brief outages, not the prolonged ones that happened with Sandy. And the cold is a consideration, always. Take care of yourselves, folks.

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Storm Batters NY, New England, Dumping More Than A Foot Of Snow; 350,000 Lose Power [View all] Purveyor Feb 2013 OP

500k without power now Wednesdays Feb 2013 #1

I wonder how many of those had damage with Sandy, too. freshwest Feb 2013 #5

NBC: 617,000 without power Hissyspit Feb 2013 #15

So far, Purveyor, we are still on here. Thank God... sheshe2 Feb 2013 #2

Glad to hear it, sheshe! freshwest Feb 2013 #6

Me too. 1983law Feb 2013 #10

Talked to my friend in Central New York, today, she... Cha Feb 2013 #13

OOOOOhhh sheshe2 Feb 2013 #19

I googled warm and toasty and Cha Feb 2013 #20

Cat person...use to be.... however oh so cute... sheshe2 Feb 2013 #21

That is one Cool Night Owl Pic.. Cha Feb 2013 #24

I am amazed to say that I am not familar with that song... sheshe2 Feb 2013 #34

Yeah, Cha Feb 2013 #37

hype and hype and hype kiri Feb 2013 #3

Hardly Hype WanderingAengus Feb 2013 #4

Better safe than sorry. How many were ridiculed for not taking Sandy seriously? freshwest Feb 2013 #8

Normal winter snow. Okay must be like the blizzard of 78! sheshe2 Feb 2013 #11

It sounds like an "average" snow storm in the Great Lakes region. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #28

2:15 am here. Just came in from shoveling all that non existent snow. sheshe2 Feb 2013 #12

Night Owl Cha Feb 2013 #16

Connecticut believes the hype BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #26

Someone on CNN was yelling about MA Governor Patrick declaring a road ban yesterday. Katorama Feb 2013 #33

maybe for you, not so much here in midcoast Maine magical thyme Feb 2013 #27

Omigosh!!!! blaze Feb 2013 #29

Why oh why didn't I take off my screen doors? mainer Feb 2013 #30

Well about 20 minutes east of you on the LIE people were trapped in their cars overnight. KittyWampus Feb 2013 #35

Over a hundred thousand Rhode Islanders are sitting in the cold and dark with no power hack89 Feb 2013 #39

We're flying in to JFK tomorrow night Mz Pip Feb 2013 #7

It looks like NY is only gonna get like 6-8 inches, JFK should be open... winstars Feb 2013 #9

It's still snowing here in NE NY Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #14

Brrr Cha Feb 2013 #17

It's not quite a cold as it's been, which was record-breaking, but the snow's Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #18

One of the SO's employees just called, PotatoChip Feb 2013 #22

make a pot of coffee--just in case the power goes down orleans Feb 2013 #23

Done, and thanks. PotatoChip Feb 2013 #25

around 8pm on saturday orleans Feb 2013 #38

I really feel for everyone in the North East lunatica Feb 2013 #31

About 24-30 inches just north of Boston - still pretty windy, not too bad. Katorama Feb 2013 #32

God is not happy that Tom Brady lost underpants Feb 2013 #36