LIPA Power Outages Update– Hurricane Sandy

As of 9:45pm tonight LIPA has restored electricity to 73% of Huntingtonians. They have brought those numbers down from 92% by storms end. Yet the remaining 27% are going to be quite an issue. With the temperature dropping into the high 30’s tonight many are going to very upset with out their power and heat. We spoke with many people today that have been working on clearing roads, who are responsible for getting electric on and it is going to be a slow haul from here out. Many roads are still impassable and town road crews can not touch any tree or area that has wires down. Today an area that was suppose to be dead came a live while LIPA crews were in the area doing their jobs. Residents are also walking around these same areas. I want our readers to know that what you might think is dead wires may not be. Just because you do not have lights, wires can become live anytime, they can kill you and or a family member. If a neighbor buys a generator and hooks it up wrong he can actual push electricity back into the grid around his home which could make that wire live too. Do not walk in theses areas, do not let you children play in these areas it is dangerous. Now that crews are coming into your neighborhoods and your area, things can change quickly, wires can become live, sometimes crew do not realize it, but they have tools that read voltage from the wires before they touch anything and you do not. Please stay away from any wires until LIPA crews have cleared them.