Octsnowber!!

[Crankin]

Jeez, all the schools (except in my town) around here are closed, I think mostly due to the fact that power is out in so many places. A little nervous about driving up to my office; I have 2 sessions with clients who live near there. Kind of glad I don't have to go until later, as there's lots of black ice out there right now.

[Jolt]

Jeez, all the schools (except in my town) around here are closed, I think mostly due to the fact that power is out in so many places. A little nervous about driving up to my office; I have 2 sessions with clients who live near there. Kind of glad I don't have to go until later, as there's lots of black ice out there right now.

Be careful...black ice sucks!! (says the person who spun out and crashed into a guardrail last year because of the stuff...)

[SheFly]

Creepy last night. DH and I drove through Lexington (next town to us). Over 50% of the town was dark. And many still don't have power. We were out for 34 hours - nothing compared to the 72 we were out after Irene! Still not nice to wake up to a house that is 50 degrees and dark...

The streets are a war zone of downed trees and wires. Many towns are postponing trick or treating because it is too dangerous for the kids to be out walking on the sidewalks.

Hope everyone else here fared ok. Many probably still aren't online if they are still without power.

I think this storm was one of the worst, damage-wise, since I moved to MA 16 years ago...

SheFly

[Crankin]

I ended up canceling my clients and rescheduling for tomorrow, so I went to visit a friend in Acton, about 5 miles from my house. Her neighborhood looks like a war zone, with huge trees down, and many streets on my way over there were barricaded. They have a generator, so she's doing OK, but they've been told it will be Wednesday evening before the power is back.
My street has lots of trees hanging precariously close over the road, and some very near wires. There was ice everywhere until about noon time.

[Owlie]

A friend of mine in CT lost power. I hope she's got it back by now...

[feral1]

Uggggg we lost our power at 10:30pm on Sat and just got it back today(Friday) at 11am.......really it's takes 6 days to do 1 hour worth of work??

[Irulan]

Uggggg we lost our power at 10:30pm on Sat and just got it back today(Friday) at 11am.......really it's takes 6 days to do 1 hour worth of work??

Yes, if the utility damage is extensive. Crews are overworked and infrastructure can be damaged. Sometimes with massive outages, large sections of the grid have to be connected and tested before areas can start being turned back on. Ice storms and heavy wet storms are notorious for this kind of damage: be prepared.