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More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: Rockhound ()
Date: February 05, 2014 09:54PM

Lots of folks without power in Filthadelphia and other parts of PA. Power is not expected to come back on too soon. This could end up being very bad for residents there who aren't prepared for things like this:

About 625,000 customers were still without power in Pennsylvania Wednesday night after Winter Storm Nika brought heavy snow, high winds and icy conditions. The number is down a bit from the height of the storm, when more than 750,000 customers were in the dark, but some utility companies were warning the outages could last for days.

Freezing rain accumulated an estimated one-quarter to one-third of an inch in the Philadelphia and Trenton, N.J. metro areas. Driving conditions are bad in many areas. Ice weighed down power lines and caused branches to break.

A half-inch accumulation of ice on power lines can add 500 pounds of extra weight. Ice can also increase the weight of branches by 30 times, significantly increasing the potential for breaking and falls.

“Remember, respect the snow, fear the ice,” said Gary Szatkowski, of the National Weather Service’s Philadelphia/Mt. Holly office told Philadelphia's NBC 10.

Earlier Wednesday, PECO reported 620,500 customers without power Wednesday in the five-county Philadelphia region, most of them in suburban counties. More than 161,000 customers were without power in Chester County, more than 118,000 in Montgomery County and more than 102,000 in Bucks County. PPL reported more than 60,000 customers without power, most of them in Lancaster County. PECO numbers alone put Winter Storm Nika among the utility's worst outage incidents ever.

http://www.weather.com/news/commuter-conditions/winter-storm-nika-ice-power-outages-pennsylvania-20140205

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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: Gerrymanderer2 ()
Date: February 05, 2014 09:56PM

stfu Rockhound.

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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: Rockhound ()
Date: February 05, 2014 10:00PM

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> stfu Rockhound.


Why? This has nothing to do with politics, 'ya prick.
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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: Gerrymanderer2 ()
Date: February 05, 2014 10:03PM

Hahahahaha, I'm just fuckin with ya. Your my little buddy.

Come here so I can give you a noogie. I want you to place your head on my knuckles.
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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: Rockhound ()
Date: February 05, 2014 10:18PM

Haha, nah, I'm good Gerry, thanks though. Maybe later.
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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: This is for blocking bots ()
Date: February 05, 2014 10:39PM

i definitely don't think it's worth getting out of the chair to bury power lines

especially not in heave snow and ice areas. you make more hot chocolate and money if it falls and you spend the winter putting it back up. right?

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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: This what's up ()
Date: February 05, 2014 11:25PM


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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: wxWx6 ()
Date: February 06, 2014 05:29AM

Still not as bad as your car breaking down on Route 7.

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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: Melinda Ardinger ()
Date: February 06, 2014 07:00AM

wxWx6 Wrote:
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> Still not as bad as your car breaking down on
> Route 7.

Harrowing!

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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: The Loller ()
Date: February 06, 2014 10:37AM

Melinda Ardinger Wrote:
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> wxWx6 Wrote:
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> > Still not as bad as your car breaking down on
> > Route 7.
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> Harrowing!
LOL!

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Re: More Than Half a Million Without Power in Filthadelphia
Posted by: HarMel ()
Date: February 06, 2014 12:15PM

Let the looting begin.

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