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Thousands still without power after blizzard

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Roughly 42,000 customers in northern Illinois still were without electricity as of 4:30 a.m. Tuesday because of the snow that hit Chicago and the suburbs.

Sunday’s storm featured blizzardlike conditions with up to 13 inches of wet, heavy snow and wind gusts up to 50 mph in some areas that snapped tree limbs and downed power lines.

Officials said about 350,000 ComEd customers lost power, but service has been restored to many of them.

Arlington Heights officials said the village was the second-hardest hit after Chicago and that ComEd could not say when more than 5,000 without power would get service back.

Oy.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 9:26 am

Comments

Pretty cold for an extended power outage. Hope everyone’s safe.

Comment by Perrid Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 9:32 am
Noticed coming home last night that all the lines from the alley poles to the houses on my block are covered in ice. Hoping they hold until it gets above freezing on Thursday.

Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 9:50 am
Electric linemen are tough people who go out in all kinds of nasty weather to restore power to customers.

Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 9:51 am
I received an update from ComEd by text. They said 11:59 PM, 11/29 is when I can expect service to restore power in my neighborhood.

Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 9:55 am
My house (western suburbs of Chicago) was out from about 9 PM Sunday to 7 PM Monday, and again from about 10 PM Monday to 8 AM today

Comment by titan Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 10:03 am
With me power went down 9:15 pm Sunday. ComEd by text claims power will be restored approximately by 12:00 PM 11/28/18. Fun times.

Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 10:04 am
So it would be bad to complain that my cable and internet have been out thanks to the storm….

Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 10:11 am
At least we didn’t get a repeat of this…

https://www.isws.illinois.edu/statecli/2006/Winter2006/Dec1.htm

No power at my house for four days after that wonderful weather event.

Comment by Anon221 Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 10:22 am
Doesn’t Com Ed participate in the mutual-aid program where other utilities jump in to help when there are major outages?

Comment by Wylie Coyote Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 10:31 am
From a Tribune article: ComEd spokesman John Schoen,

“Tuesday and Wednesday, the company is bringing in 262 crews from out of state to help restore power as fast as is possible, Schoen said. The goal is to have all power restored by Wednesday.”

I hope he’s right.

Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 11:31 am
Just wanted to say thanks to “Bruce” for the continued support. Like his namesake, “Bruce” has once again shown his true colors. Rather than a nice gentle snow storm, “Bruce” came in with a path of woe and suffering by causing extended power outages, flight cancellations, and numerous car crashes.

So thanks “Bruce”. /s

Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Nov 27, 18 @ 1:07 pm
==Tuesday and Wednesday, the company is bringing in 262 crews from out of state to help restore power as fast as is possible, Schoen said. The goal is to have all power restored by Wednesday.==
Brought to you by those greedy union members of IBEW, working through the night in the cold so people have heat and light.

Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Wednesday, Nov 28, 18 @ 9:10 am