General News: Power Outages to Last for Several Days
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| Power lines down across Cornwall, like these on Mountain Road, have caused widespread power outages. |
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| Power lines on RIdge Road in Cornwall. |
October 30, 2011
Get used to it – that should be the message for nearly 150,000 Central Hudson customers who are without power on Sunday following an early season snow storm that snapped huge tree branches and knocked down power lines all over eastern Orange County, western Putnam and southern Dutchess counties.
Central Hudson spokesman John Maserjian says that the heavy wet snow caused significant damage and that power in some areas will likely not be restored for a week. He said the storm’s impact is on a par with the one-two punch from two snowstorms in February-March 2010 that left a few more customers without power compared to this October surprise.
In the village of Cornwall, all 1,431 Central Hudson customers were without power, Maserjian said, and in Cornwall, 4,290 of 4,374 customers were without service, virtually the entire town.
Residents in the city of Newburgh experienced a larger number of power outages than their neighbors in the town. About seventy-five percent of Central Hudson’s 11, 114 were without power on Sunday in the City of Newburgh, while in the town, half of the customers had lost power.
Central Hudson’s Maserjian said that the company is expecting a fleet of re-enforcements to drive in from Chattanooga, Tennessee tonight with trucks and a workforce of 100 that will get to work on Monday. They will supplement the crews that have been at work since snow first started to fall Saturday.
.In Cornwall, the Boulevard was closed at Deer Hill Road because of fallen trees and wires. Other roads, including Otterkill Pea Hill and Main Street near the middle school, were reduced to one lane due to obstructions in the roadway.
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