Still no power? Here’s when lights could turn on in Northeast Ohio
“Still no power? Here’s when lights could turn on,” StormTeam2
The lights have gone out in many parts of Ohio. Commenter and sometime writer r.j.s. citing conditions near his home after bad weather passed through.
CLEVELAND (WJW) — FirstEnergy is calling storms that hit Northeast Ohio on Tuesday the most impactful to hit The Illuminating Company service territory in more than 30 years.
On Tuesday evening, heavy downpours and strong winds took down power lines and utility poles across the region. Several tornadoes have been later confirmed with winds exceeding 100 miles per hour.
Hundreds of thousands of residents are still dealing with power outages after the storms swept through the area. Power crews estimate it could be several more days before the lights come back on.
Customers in several Northeast Ohio counties shouldn’t expect to have power again until sometime next week. Estimated service restoration times have been fluid. Customers in some counties could expect to be electrified sooner than others. In Geauga County — customers may have to wait until the night of Friday, Aug. 16.
Cuyahoga County’s restoration window, however, has been bumped up from Thursday, Aug. 15, to Wednesday, Aug. 14. Similarly, Lake County’s is also Wednesday, Aug. 14, sooner than previously anticipated.
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This is further proof that our power grid is not even third-world-ready. I was a part of the Texas Gulf Coast power outage last month caused by a hurricane hitting Houston.
Unbelievable that we still utilize poles for power transportation/distribution.
RJS:
I did not say it in our email exchange. I hope this comment finds you ok, the generator still running, and you being cool in the temperate temperature of Ohio.
Bill, here’s the weather bureau’s synopsis of the four tornados that hit the Cleveland area:
the “Brookpark to Bedford” tornado was on the ground for 17 miles, the longest Cuyahoga county storm path in 70 years
i know of at least 7 high voltage transmission lines that were crossed by a tornado. i haven’t seen a damage report on any of them..
the area also had a macroburst, described here:
The macroburst, 15 miles long and 15 miles wide, occurred in eastern Cuyahoga, western Lake and northwest Geauga counties. It begin at about 4:20 p.m. in Eastlake and ended in Chesterland at about 4:50 p.m. The NWS damage survey, released Thursday afternoon, estimated 70 mph to 90 mph winds through the area with “very small pockets of up to 100 mph,” causing serious damage to trees, wires and power lines.
except for the power outage and two tall thin spruce trees at the back of my property, i fared pretty well….but i still have more than 30 trees that i planted in the 1970s on the ground from last August’s storms…i will not live long enough to clean all of that up..