Wednesday, February 2, 2011

350 Customers Without Power in Brooklyn Wednesday P.M.

 The severe weather -- ice, snow, sleet and rain -- disrupted power to hundreds of thousands across the U.S. today. In Brooklyn, roughly 350 customers were still in the dark as of 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, according to Con Edison.

Each cluster of colorful triangles above represent multiple outages. Green triangles represent one building without power. If you want to report an electrical emergency, such as a fallen wire, call 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633).

Across the U.S., the weather caused outages at 18 large-scale plants, according to the Wall Street Journal

The National Weather Service issued the following warning for tonight (Wednesday) into tomorrow::
BLACK ICE WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO BELOW FREEZING...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WITH REFREEZING OF BOTH STANDING WATER AND MELTED SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA DISTANCE WHILE DRIVING SINCE ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY.


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