4 Million People Without Power in Northeastern U.S.

August 28th, 2011

Via: CNN:

Trees toppled and streets flooded Sunday morning as Irene lashed some of the biggest cities in the Northeast with wind gusts and torrential rains.

Even as Irene weakened to a tropical storm, authorities in the region warned that its impact was not waning.

“We’re not out of the woods yet. Irene remains a large and potentially dangerous storm,” U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters.

Officials said the storm had knocked out power to more than 4 million people and was responsible for at least 15 deaths in six states.

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3 Responses to “4 Million People Without Power in Northeastern U.S.”

  1. anothernut says:
    August 28, 2011 at 10:30 pm

    Not even a Category 1 storm by the time it hit New Jersey, imagine what something big would have done.

  2. erth2karin says:
    August 29, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    I have to say, Irene did a great job of stimulating the economy.
    On Long Island (NY)- lines at the gas stations; lines to buy generators; batteries, radios, food flying off the shelves…

    I bet the stores and gas stations more than made up for the income NYC lost by shutting down ALL mass transit on Saturday afternoon, hours before anything was even due to start.

    In the metro NY area, at least, Irene was mostly an exercise in Panic Consumerism.

    One thing that amazed me – gallon jugs of water sitting there almost untouched while people piled shopping carts with cases of the little 20 oz bottles.

    If it wasn’t so funny, it would be sad.
    If it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny.

  3. jburke6000 says:
    August 30, 2011 at 12:58 am

    I am just outside Richmond, VA. My power came on about 8pm. It had been off since about 2pm Saturday. I got a lot of reading done. It was a refreshing break.

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