WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. February 27, 2010: Con Edison continues repairing power outages across Westchester County Saturday morning. In White Plains 268 customers remain without power this morning. Full restoration to the entire county has now been targeted for Wednesday March 3, according to the Con Edison website.
Across Westchester County, the misery of the 2010 "Snownomi" that delivered 14 inches of heavy wet snow to White Plains and amounts over 20 inches to the western and northern parts of the county, Putnam and Orange Counties, 29,937 are without power as of 11 A.M. Saturday. Families are leaving thousands of unheated homes to stay with relatives. Homes perhaps face damage from freezing pipes should temperatures dip lower though in Westchester County temperatures remain above freezing.
Across Westchester, the power out numbers are staggering as of 11 A.M.: 6,683 are without power in Greenburgh.
Town Supervisor of Greenburgh, Paul Feiner issued this statement to media Saturday morning:
"Earlier this morning I spoke with officials at Con Ed and with Victor Carosi, Commissioner of Public Works about the power outages and snow removal efforts.
As of an hour ago we still have not plowed about 25 streets in Greenburgh, according to the commissioner. The reason: There are downed wires. Our crews cannot plow streets until Con Ed makes sure that the live wires are back where they should be. We are planning to send police cars out to the streets impacted to verify that the wires are still down. Once the wires are safe-- the streets will be plowed.
Con Ed officials have advised me that they will free up some additional crews which could speed up power restoration for some residents.
In the meantime -- some residents have volunteered to house families who are out of power in their homes. If you need this service, please call me at 438 1343 (cell) or at my home: 478-1219. You can also e mail me at pfeiner@greenburghny.com. Yesterday I was on the phone almost non stop ---and have been on the phone most of this morning. I promise to get back to everyone and am in constant communication with public works.
We apologize for the inconveniences."
There has been no news release from the Westchester County Government on storm response measures as of 11 A.M.
