Early Saturday evening, much of Westchester NY was plunged into darkness by a major storm. The storm was severe enough for me to cancel my last appointment. It was nothing short of treacherous on the road. I made it home safely and counted my blessings. Then suddenly – ZAP!!! All the lights went as well as the heat (which is triggered electrically) As the storm raged on I heard an ominous THUD in the front yard. A tree that I had had scheduled to be removed this next week had decided to beat its executioner to the punch and came down across my front lawn. I was very fortunate that it didn’t hit my house.
Because of the enormous amount of wet weather that we have had the roots of large trees have become rotted and the trees have literally been dropping willy nilly in every direction – like very large and dangerous flies. Today I went out on the road in search of band width and ended up at Coffee Labs. The devestation was everywhere and the power outages were apparent with police at every corner directing traffic. According to Con Ed – there are over 60,000 residents still out of power in Westchester County. This was a reduction from the over 100,000 with no power initially.
Meanwhile, I’m enjoying the bandwidth and am trying to make do.
Dry Ice is available at:
516 North Ave. in New Rochelle NY
Empire City (Yonkers Raceway), Yonkers NY
Saxon Woods Pool Park – White Plains NY
For additional information regarding White Plains go to The White Plains Citizen Net Reporter for updates.
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