Rivertowns in Westchester County are dark after Hurricane Sandy passes through!
Westchester County’s scenic Rivertowns are dark tonight, all along the Hudson River. More than 1,500 Ardsley residents were still “powerless” this afternoon, after Hurricane Sandy barreled through on Monday night. Hastings-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry each reflect about 2,000 customers out of power.
Actually, millions are without power tonight from New Jersey to Connecticut and West as far as Ohio, due to Sandy's high winds. Now, we'll just have lessening wind and a bit of rain to end the week.
Con Edison officials have reported that Hurricane Sandy’s Nor’Easter downed power to about half of its customers along the Hudson, since the superstorm hit our region Monday night.
Con Ed noted that they could not determine Tuesday morning when a majority of the outages would be repaired.
Officials said that they estimate some Rivertown residents and businesses would be restored in a day or so, but extensive tree and powerline damage could take up to a week to repair. They pointed to downed trees and electric lines broken from Ossining to Hastings.
Intermittent power outages are expected through tonight , until what is now Tropical Storm Sandy is truly past us by Wednesday morning. Nearly 164,000 customers throughout Westchester County were without power by Tuesday morning. In fact, 650,000 customers lost power due to Hurricane Sandy in or more in New York City and Westchester County, according to Con Edison representatives.
The utility noted that this was the biggest outage in Con Ed’s history even compared to “Irene” in 2011. Today, crews and supervisors were assessing damage and began making to repairs, at least in areas of New York City and Westchester County that were not still under water.
Rivertown mayors and officials asked all residents to remain off of the roads, to allow emergency crews and electric linemen and pros to do their jobs. Nearly 200 Westchester County roads were closed today because of downed trees and powerlines. Also, one death was reported, due to a live power cable in water.
Residents have been urged not to walk on wet streets anywhere near or around downed lines, and to call it in to #311 immediately. Leave the 911 lines open for all other emergency callers.
Stay safe everyone and let us or another restoration pro know if you have sea or river water in your home or business with record surge and high tides. All of our kind are on 24 hour call since Monday night!
Happy Holloween and please watch out for those lit pumpkins on porches, all over Westchester County...plus those after-candy tummy aches!
~ Hillary & Forrest Sheperd
Servpro of Scarsdale / Mount Vernon
Westchester County Rivertowns are dark after Hurricane Sandy passes through!
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