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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=749501&TextPage=... |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | In the Capital district 200,000 plus. Massachusettes and New Hampshire have more.
It sucks ... mainly because I can't do anything about it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My father-in-law called last night from Tennessee and said he had driven through a huge snowstorm getting there. He usually exagerates. Apparently not this time. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ew. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Not to make light of it, and to bring it home to the forum, acoustic guitars don't need electricity. There's a pic on the Internet of snow in New Orleans. Not sure why we're getting off so easy. Its 'sposed to be 58 in Denver today. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Snow and ice in Syracuse but nobody's out of power. Plenty of id-yots sliding off the roads all over the place but that's always expected here. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Wow ..and I was pissed because my gig got cancelled. |
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Location: Vernon CT | A WHOLE lot of Rain and that was it here in Vernon, CT (15 mins east of Hartford)
Got power to spare! |
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Location: Cincinnati | The major power outage we had in the fall from Hurricane Ike was a major inconvenience. I would hate to think what one would be like when it's winter. |
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Location: Jet City | We had 7 days here without electricity 2 winters ago, and right in the middle of a metro area.
It sucks for sure. I do have plenty of D batteries now though.
We may get some crap too. High winds and sub-freezinf temps this weekend. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I thought you folks voted Democrat so the weather wouldn't do things like that?
(there, that aughta get this shut down....  ) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's a bit cloudy and in the 40s here, but it's supposed to be below freezing with snow this weekend. Looking forward to it. It's time to ski. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | NOAA is not into being politically-correct. We're gonna take a beating this weekend. Projected 3 FEET in the mountain passes. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Sounds like fun. I'll be watching on TV. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Let me know when it passes you Chris. I'll watch for it, but it may go north of us. Dave, I'll think of you when I'm staring at the fireplace or maybe when I'm jabbing the coals with the poker. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I miss Real Snow.
After living in Boston during the Blizzard of '78, these little storms don't impress me anymore.
Unless you have National Guard troops riding around with M-16's to prevent looting, people cross-country skiing around town, and snowmobiles on the Charles River, you aren't having fun yet...
   
That was so much fun. Once in a lifetime experience.
I hope y'all enjoy yours as much. :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Really been bad here too, low 60's and a little windy too. Had to wear a sweater.
Of course we'll be in all the spoo next week. F@ck Winter!!! |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | It's supposed to be summer down here but it's only 17C and going to be our wettest day all year. Maybe it will break the drought - my son has just gone to give a windsurfing lesson. Idiot!!
Sorry I can't imagine what it would be like living through a snowstorm. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | We're supposed to get that storm here after you guys in Washington are done with it. Wring it out good so it's dried up by the time it gets here, OK? Usually Hot Springs doesn't get much snow, even when all around us are buried, but they are predicting that we won't get much and that scares me as they are usually wrong.
OMA, thanks for the memories of '78! I was working in inspection on the third floor in Moosup. I bet Beal remembers too. They were predicting flurries, but I told Beal we were going to get three feet. When I turned out to be right, he came to me for weather predictions after that. I never got it right again. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | In '78, we had just got 16" of "Snow Flurrys" the night before...
I stopped in the liquor store and bought a six-pack.
The store-dude told me that I would need more than that, and that he was closing early. He had brought-in a little TV, and they were interrupting everything with weather updates.
[So I bought a case, some vodka and a carton of cigarettes... Y'know, the essentials]
That night we got 28 more inches of snow, and governor Dukakis called in the National Guard.
No work for 5 days, unless you were a doctor, nurse, or you could walk to work. No buses, but the subway was free. One lane plowed down the street for Fire Trucks and Police. No cars.
The weather was nice and sunny for the next week, but the city was crippled.
Lots of people just standing around drinking beer and schnapps. An impromptu Holiday.
It was Great! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | We will keep you posted. I believe fillhix has the 1st call, followed by numbfingers, MWoody, & MrGolf this evening. I probably won't have much to report 'til Saturday AM. |
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Location: Jet City | It's been rain and wind already today. I'm beyond those gents by a short measure.
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Ain' gonna snow in Seattle/Bellevue. Too much body heat. Or in Olympia, too much hot air. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I was in Seattle in the early 80s when it snowed a couple inches and the city was paralyzed until it melted the next day. I was in Hawaii by then. |
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Location: Jet City | Every year we have a day or two or sometimes more that we get that.
The results are always the same. City in turmoil, news special reports, and all.
One year I lived in Houston *shudder*, and it snowed an inch or two there. It was a major disaster. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Damon67:
One year I lived in Houston *shudder*, and it snowed an inch or two there. It was a major disaster. Dallas '68, think bumper cars and skating rink! :eek: |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Drivers in portland snow
This is why I work from home.
Snow expected here Sunday. Stay warm! |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | We had 11.5 inches here in October; there were places within 5 miles of me that didn't have power from Tuesday to Friday. The trees were still all fully leafed, and they took the poles down as well as the lines.
Our storm came through yesterday; a ton of rain, some freezing rain mixed with snow this morning, but at least no outages. I'm sure we'll make up for it down the road, though....
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Location: closely held secret | Now, be fair, David. That was freezing rain, not just snow.
The idiocy was in being out there in the first place. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | In '78 I-80 was dubbed the "Snow Chi Mien Trail" by the truckers...I had to drive from Casper, WY to Dubuque, IA for a gig leaving on Sunday AM and arriving by Monday afternoon...I nearly went snow blind (to this day I have trouble seeing in glare)...Made it, set up, played the first night of a month long gig, and woke up the next AM to 40 inches of snow: everything was paralyzed but we played anyway...meals were served in the club, bar never closed, and we had a blast…The new Ford Econoline w/ its 300 six/ 5 speed manual did great in getting us there w/8 track blasting…as did my O Pacemaker and Les Paul Custom once we arrived…
Cliff, you would have loved it! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | March 3, 1966 in the Dakotas and Minnesota. I don't remember how much snow, but it drifted up to all the second stories and the overpasses. 40 below with steady 40 mph winds. My family of 7 was stuck in the last vacant hotel room we could find in Fargo. That was our welcome to North Dakota. We had to dig down to find the street signs. |
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Location: closely held secret | Golly. Did ya haf ta et anyone? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | No, but the only restaurant we could get to was King Leos, a burger joint that was shut down shortly after that for selling horse meat. I really liked their burgers.
My long term memory is scary. Yesterday, I couldn't remember the name of someone I worked with. |
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Location: Utah | Back in the mid 80's I was blessed with spending a lot of time in Midland Tx. On the weekends I would drive the 300 miles to the nearest city or attraction. In '85 or '86 I went to San Antonio to avoid a rainy storm in west Texas, but systems converged unexpected.
I arrived in San Antonio to 13 inches of snow! Somewhere in a box I've got pictures of cross country skiers passing in front of the Alamo!
Watching Texans try to drive in the snow was good entertainment. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | No snow here yet but the temperature is starting to drop. It's supposed to go below zero tonight with a windchill of 30-40 below! Tomorrow they say it might warm up to 2 above, but still very windy. That is so unusual for Hot Springs, but the old timers say it used to get to 40 below WITHOUT the windchill for several weeks in a row. Some have predicted an "old fashioned winter". I think I'll take a few weeks off and head south. (I wish.) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Started snowing hard here this afternoon, but it isn't really sticking yet. It's headed East, so enjoy it. |
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Location: New Hampsha | We were right in the middle of it. Take everything and coat it with one full inch of ice. We lost power for 24 hours, but we are lucky.
It looks like a war zone outside - none of the trees left standing have many branches. I had to use the chain saw for two hours just to clear my driveway so I could get to the street, only to find out it was closed by downed power lines in both directions. You had to watch for falling limbs and chunks of ice when you were out. I took an ice chunk on the face that cut me.
The supermarkets were cleaned out of water, batteries, and flashlights. People were buying bottled water to flush their toilets! We hauled water from our pond, and we have a wood furnace; as I said, luckier than most. Say a prayer for those who are still without power - it sucks freezing in the dark. :( |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Well, back when I lived in Buffalo,...well, never mind. It's not snowing here, Yet, but it did get down to the high 40's last night. |
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Location: Chicago | Well, with all due respect, I think Upstate NY got "Real Snow"!!!!! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | About inch-and-a-half of snow, 16 degrees, wind 12 NNE. Forecast 2 degrees tonight, minus-4 tomorrow. Clink-clink- oops, something just froze off. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | About an inch here this morning, so if this is it, there's nothing much coming East to worry about. Over a foot up at the cabin, 100 miles North of here, though. Looks like we'll have a White Christmas up there. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Well, we only got about an inch and 1/2, but it started as freezing rain so it's pretty slick out there. We never got the high winds they had advertised, but it's COLD!!! It's about three below right now (quarter after two, Mountain Standard Time) and they are expecting a low of minus 21 tonight. And NOW we're starting to get the wind, so the windchill factor will we Minus 40 tonight. I'm going to go home and stay put tonight! |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | I feel cold reading about it - you really put up with that year after year?? How many brass monkey do you have? :eek: |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by flacky:
How many brass monkey do you have? :eek: None anymore. Their means of reproduction happened to fall off! ;) |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
None anymore. Their means of reproduction happened to fall off! ;) [/QB]
Maybe I can set up a fund for any spares down here and ship them across :D |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Yeah, back on the grid! (No cable, no electric, no telephone, except cell phone, no internet and no heat, though we had hot water because our natural gas water heater powers itself)
And it is true ... acoustic guitars don't need electricity. It was like a camping trip! Turned out to be fun except last night it got down to 10 degrees ... brr! There are still a lot of people without power so I guess I'm lucky. Got to hang out in a coffee house and see Slumdog Millionaire. Pretty good flic. Ciao. |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | I have some spare accommodation down here in sunny Melbourne if needed - and a couple of acoustics to play :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Maybe three inches Saturday evening, but a polar blast of cold air came with it. It was 60 degrees Saturday, then 2 degrees Sunday morning. This morning walking to work, it was 8 below without the wind chill factor. Good day to stay home in front of the fire working out a new song or two. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Arizona is not immune. Snowing like hell in Flagstaff right now and the snow line is down to about 4500 ft. Flag expects 15-18 inches. Here in the valley cloudy but 65 degrees. By the end of the week we should be in two-fer mode. You can ski in the morning, then drive 2 hours south and tee off after lunch.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We're in the banana belt. 23 degrees. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I saw a video of a chick with a banana belt. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | It was 24 below at my house this morning. It's up to 12 below now. But no Flacky, we don't have this year after year. That's what makes it so much "fun". This is my fifth winter in Hot Springs, and only the second time I've seen such cold. Usually winters are mild here between the mountains that surround us and all the warm water just beneath the surface. It usually gets up into the 50's and 60's during the day (OK, sometimes it's in the 30's, but I have also seen 70's, even in January!) Night time temps drop into the 20's, but that bright sunshine does wonders. Today though, our high temp is supposed to be two above. They are only expecting ten below tonight. Downright balmy compared to last night.
We never lost power, so it's just an adventure. For those back east who are still without power, my heart goes out to you. I hope you are all safe and warm in a shelter somewhere, and that your power is restored soon so you can go back home and start dealing with frozen pipes! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The map says it all, John. |
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Location: closely held secret | It updates if you refresh it, too.
It's even cold here. Nothing like the midwest, but when it's freezing and snowing on the Oregon coast and the Willamette valley has 7+ days below freezing... |
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Location: SoCal | It would be much much worse if not for global warming..... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | ... and an internet to track it on. |
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| Partly cloudy and 75 today, supposed to be near 80 for the next few days. This time of year always makes enduring high summer worth it.
I feel for all of you shivering in the dark. Stay safe. |
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Location: NJ | It's Winter (or at least it WILL be in a week).
Get th'f@ck Over It . . . |
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Location: Jet City | I used to live in Phoenix. I'll take this any day.
I remember a day where I was outside working and it hit 122 degrees. So hot they actually closed the airport.
A few weeks of cold vs. living on the surface of the sun... Easy choice for a fat man. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I saw a video of a chick with a banana belt. That was no banana.... and that was no chick either! |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
It would be much much worse if not for global warming..... S'cuse me - time to throw another log on the fire... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | The first one didn't get a reaction so maybe the second one will... |
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Location: NJ | ". . It would be much much worse if not for global warming . ."
Well, if you guys'd just get-on-the-stick and hurry UP with that "End of Days" bullshit, we wouldn't have to worry about the climate . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Sorry. That issue is way above my pay range..... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | BTW... 64'F here today... about 20+ above average third day in a row. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | A downright balmy 54 in Syracuse. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
BTW... 64'F here today... about 20+ above average third day in a row. Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bubble·OrionArm·MilkyWay warming? |
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Location: south east Michigan | It was 50 degrees when I left for work today.
It will be down to 15 degrees before midnight.
That's just crazy. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Now that we have power, the party moves to our house! They're saying some people won't get power to thursday. Looks like I'm gonna have some house guests. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
BTW... 64'F here today... about 20+ above average third day in a row. See, obviously global warming..... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Glad that's finally settled. |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by Slipkid:
It was 50 degrees when I left for work today.
It will be down to 15 degrees before midnight.
That's just crazy. Totally normal for our Denver members. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by cliff:
Well, if you guys'd just get-on-the-stick and hurry UP with that "End of Days" bullshit, we wouldn't have to worry about the climate . . . Not my job mon... :D
BTW, the temp touched 80 this afternoon here... works for me!  |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Originally posted by Jeff W.:
BTW... 64'F here today... about 20+ above average third day in a row. See, obviously global warming..... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | As they say, make any video funnier by laying the Benny Hill theme music over the top of it:
The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Spinning Tires |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | It was 60 on Sunday here in Denver, then -8 Monday morning. Pretty typical when a front moves in at altitude. |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | I lost power last thursday night and didn't get it back until last night (wed). A full week of no power, and no water (we're on a private well), and no phone or internet. We burned wood in a woodstove and a fireplace to keep the pipes from freezing. Good times.
I played my Koa Celeb quite a bit - it stood up to the temperature fluctuations quite well. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | All the snow is melting here, glad I took photos.
Of course, all that melted snow will turn into sheer Ice as soon as the sun goes down.
:D But I don't own a car, So I Don't Care! :D |
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| Originally posted by scooterboy:
I lost power last thursday night and didn't get it back until last night (wed). Good news for my brother-in-law. He's up there tying those lines back together for some serious OT. |
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Location: Las Vegas, NV | With all of this talk about snow, we thought we'd join in on the fun. It sure didn't take much to shut the airport down, though...
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OT Major Storm in Northeast:100's of thousands with no power