Almost 800,000 customers are left without power from Maine to Virginia

[jpak]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Almost 800,000 customers are without power Friday from Virginia to Maine after storms swept through Thursday evening.

Con Edison workers were working to restore service in Queens, New York, near John F. Kennedy International Airport, CNN affiliate WABC reported.

Winds blew trees down, and roofing materials and debris were stuck in power lines, the station reported.

Five states combined for almost 600,000 of the customers without power: New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Connecticut and Virginia, according to PowerOutage.US.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/01/us/new-england-northeast-power-outages-weather-storms-trnd/index.html

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There was some scary wind here in Maine last night and this morning.

>130,000 customers without power here in Maine this AM....

[NutmegYankee]

2. Took out power for my entire village.

Also took some siding off my house but a local contractor swung by and put it back up for me about 2 hrs ago.

Trees took lines down all around me, so I’m getting some serious generator run time.

[woodsprite]

3. We never lost power in our neighborhood, but the wind was incredible.

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We live in a wooded development in DE and lost quite a few branches from some really tall trees. It sounded like a war zone outside with debris, branches, and high-velocity acorns. I'm kinda glad we boarded our dog for Halloween so we didn't have to set foot outside while all that was going on. Truthfully, she probably would have held anything until her teeth floated. She's 12yo and doesn't like going out when the trees move even under normal breezes.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. The NWS for Philly metro confirmed an EF2 tornado not far outside the city

Link to tweet

https://6abc.com/weather/ef2-tornado-hit-delaware-county-officials-confirm/5663789/

[Vinca]

5. I'm astonished we didn't lose power (SW NH). The wind was really something.

Lots of branches down along the road, but we seemed to have lucked out this time around. My portable cold frame even survived after being fastened into the ground with long pins. We'll have winter lettuce! (And, FYI, a little while ago I went out to the garden and picked a bouquet of zinnias and some cherry tomatoes. On November 1. In New Hampshire. Mind boggling.)

[Brainfodder]

6. INFRASTRUCTURE much?