Anyone still not have power?

[Edd]

I don't. Half the town is down here and many of the folks with power don't have cable. We crashed at a friend's last night because our heat doesn't work without power.

I'm in the town coffee shop right now and I bet it's busier than it's ever been. I brought a netbook, tablet, and smartphone and I'm charging and surfing like a madman. Thinking of trying to grab a hotel tonight. Several of the hotels nearby were booked solid last night due to outages.

 

[hammer]

No power at home but I have power at work. Brought stuff down to get recharged.

Fortunately I have a gas fireplace, gas HW, and a gas stove so we don't have to worry about getting a hotel room.

The DW said that the neighborhood sounds like a truck stop with all of the generators going.

 

[awf170]

No power still at my place in Lowell. Supposedly we won't have power back for another few days.

 

[gmcunni]

no power in Monroe CT @ home. i'm working from the library today, despite having a generator (borrowed) at home.

 

[Edd]

No power still at my place in Lowell. Supposedly we won't have power back for another few days.

Bummer buddy. I may be in the same boat for all I know. Our power company is keeping us guessing here.

no power in Monroe CT @ home. i'm working from the library today, despite having a generator (borrowed) at home.

A guy sitting next to me is doing the same thing. He's on like his 18th phone call apologizing to customers.

 

[gmcunni]

A guy sitting next to me is doing the same thing. He's on like his 18th phone call apologizing to customers.

rude to make calls in the library, it is a quiet zone!

 

[WoodCore]

I'll be without power for a few days in Waterbury, CT. Tree came down in the front yard and ripped the service line off the house. :smash:

 

[WJenness]

No power still at my place in Lowell. Supposedly we won't have power back for another few days.

I went out yesterday evening to put gas in the car and get some food...

I was amazed at the widespread power outages in Lowell & Chelmsford...

Downtown Lowell has spotty outages (the building that Blue Taleh is in is out, as is some of Market St., namely, Centro, the post office, and Wings), but luckily, I still have power... Having a hydroelectric plant in the same building I live is a good thing....

But a lot of the Highlands and Drum Hill areas are without power... Driving around the Drum Hill rotary in the dark with no stop lights was a bit of an adventure last night...

-w

 

[jrmagic]

I'll be without power for a few days in Waterbury, CT. Tree came down in the front yard and ripped the service line off the house. :smash:

Same here in Tuckahoe, NY. No Power, heat or hot water. They need to fix all the main lines in the surrounding area before they will do anything for me. I had to go to the gym to take a shower beofre work today.

 

[powhunter]

I'll be without power for a few days in Waterbury, CT. Tree came down in the front yard and ripped the service line off the house. :smash:

Good to see you and Rueler yesterday!! Wish the restaurant wasnt so slammed otherwise I would have had a few pints with ya! Hope they get to your house quick man!

Steveo

 

[billski]

I just got my internet/phone/able service back. I saved our power line with at 2x4x10, pushing the big branches off it. Don't try this at home

Our town is under a local state of emergency, the majority of 30,000 residents have no power. We have two shelters in town with lots of people in them. Our yard looks like a wood lot, with branches as big as a foot snapped. One big mutha tree is in the road. The lineman says it's the worst he's seen.

We need a carnage thread. I'll get some photos in a bit.

 

[WakeboardMom]

Nashua is crazy with outages. Downtown seems like it's in good shape. Hudson is in much better shape than it was yesterday.

Pelham is better, but right near my house there are two telephone poles down and a transformer out. It might be a while before we get it back. : (

In August, we loaned our generator to a friend who lost power during Irene and didn't take it back. He's now been using it in Dracut since Sunday; we were out of town and didn't need it. It feels awkward to ask for it back.

Drove down from Moultonborough this a.m., will probably drive back.

 

[Bostonian]

In Acton we're still without power. Saturday night we stayed in the house, last night we stayed at the W (right across the street from work) and tonight we will be in the Hilton Garden Inn. NStar has be worse than useless, they kept telling us power would be back by 7am, 4pm, 11pm (that was just yesterday), and today we were told 12pm and then 4pm... and now... undetermined. I am concerned about our pipes freezing over and etc. Should be a fun next 24 hours!

 

[billski]

In Lexington I just got an automated call (after we had telco restored) from Emergency management. They said the majority of town is without power. They declared a local state of emergency, setup shelters in public buildings. Police are discouraging trick or treating tonight due to the dangerous streets, wires, trees.

During the night we heard transformers blowing like popcorn.

 

[drjeff]

Don't know if they're headed to Eastern/Central Mass or to NH, but in the 50 mile round trip I just made along I-395 in CT I saw multiple convoys of line trucks (probably 30 trucks that I saw) from Lee Energy out of North Carolina heading North!

 

[HD333]

Just got ours back 30 minutes ago in central mass. Was headed home to pack a bag and saw the porch lights on what a good feeling. Temps look high enough so pipes shouldn't be freezing overnight without heat.
Hang in there everyone.

 

[billski]

We could use those trucks. 50% of our town is still without power. Transformers were blowing like popcorn last night. The town has declared a local state of emergency. Halloween has been canceled! We get automated updates from the police every 12 hours. Schools remain closed indefinitely due to power outages and their use as shelters.

 

[riverc0il]

We could use those trucks. 50% of our town is still without power. Transformers were blowing like popcorn last night. The town has declared a local state of emergency. Halloween has been canceled! We get automated updates from the police every 12 hours. Schools remain closed indefinitely due to power outages and their use as shelters.

Uh oh, billski... you know what this means? This is one of the rare times a pre-storm grocery trip was probably a really good idea. This is going to reinforce the need to do a pre-storm grocery trip for every storm going forward.... just in case.

:lol:

 

[billski]

Uh oh, billski... you know what this means? This is one of the rare times a pre-storm grocery trip was probably a really good idea. This is going to reinforce the need to do a pre-storm grocery trip for every storm going forward.... just in case.

:lol:

Hee! Hee! I snuck out to the grocery to get essentials like reeb and spihc. The entire bread isle only had a couple of loafs of crushed bread on the shelf.


The only thing that was a real sacrifice was the loss of internet service!

 

[riverc0il]

The only thing that was a real sacrifice was the loss of internet service!

The internets have been pretty darn dull and boring these past few days.