A powerful ice storm has knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses in New England and upstate New York. It’s a great day to be living in sunny California!
From the Associated Press:
The governors of Massachusetts and New Hampshire declared states of emergency Friday morning, and schools were closed and travel disrupted across the region.
Power may not return to tens of thousands in Massachusetts until Monday at the earliest, Gov. Deval Patrick said. “Many of us view that as an ambitious estimate at this point,” he told a news conference.
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch urged residents “to take sensible precautions and heed all warnings from public officials.”
“I don’t think anyone anticipated it would be as bad as it is,” he added.
In Hampstead, N.H., Mark Cegelis said things were hectic at his neighborhood gas station, which was jammed with people trying to get gas for home generators.
“It’s kind of lawless out there right now,” Cegelis said. “There’s a lot of people very frustrated, stacking up at the gas stations. It’s pretty ugly.”
He bought 21 gallons for himself and tried to deliver some to some friends in Derry but couldn’t get there because of downed trees blocking roads. So his friends came to him instead, and were expected to hunker down until power was restored.
In eastern New York, particularly around Albany, the state capital, outages brought the total in the state to more than 235,000.
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