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Warming Centers for Citizens

November 4, 2012 12:39 am Comments Off

These centers will provide residents without electricity a chance to get warm, charge electronic devices, get some food and generally get a brief respite from dealing with the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Announcement is from the Town of Huntington.
The warming centers, their hours of operation and their facilities are:
William J. Brosnan School
Northport-East Northport School District
158 Laurel Ave
Northport
Hours: […]

SCPD Advisory about LIPA Impersonators

November 4, 2012 12:14 am Comments Off

Police Advisory
The Suffolk County Police Department is reminding residents that crew members from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and other utility companies will be in neighborhoods throughout the county as they work to restore power to customers.
Please note that most of the utility work being performed is outdoors on power lines, utility poles and […]

LIPA UPDATE NOV 3RD

November 4, 2012 12:09 am Comments Off

Today November 3rd LIPA took a step backwards in the restoration effort. 2,037 homes lost power. TheHuntingtonian was out around the whole town delivering our Election Edition to over 50 businesses. Some were open and some were not. Usually by this time into a storm the commercial areas and our businesses have been 100% restored, […]

LIPA Power Outages Update– Hurricane Sandy

November 2, 2012 10:25 pm Comments Off

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 […]

Schools Closed

October 31, 2012 4:42 pm Comments Off

This just in South Huntington and Huntington Schools will be closed for the rest of the week.

SCPD Advisory on Halloween

October 31, 2012 3:23 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Police Department is recommending that due to the after effects of Hurricane Sandy, parents take precautions if they choose to take their children trick-or-treating today.
In spite of the improved weather conditions, there are still numerous downed trees and live wires as well as flooding conditions in many neighborhoods. Police suggest parents […]

Scenes After Sandy in Huntington

October 31, 2012 1:17 pm Comments Off

The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country’s most densely populated region upended man and nature as it rolled back the clock on 21st-century lives, cutting off modern communication and leaving 202,000 Huntingtonians without power. As of 11:30 10/31/12 3% power has been restored. We are now at 89% verses a high of […]

As of 7:48pm 10/30/12 92% Without Power

October 30, 2012 7:56 pm Comments Off

Please review the chart below as per LIPA’s outage page. Some area’s got hit much hard then others. Greenlawn appears to be the least of LIPA’s problems and Centerport, Elwood, Northport, and South Huntington to be the hardest hit area’s for electricity outages.

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LIPA Power Outages – Hurricane Sandy

October 29, 2012 7:39 pm Comments Off

As of 6:48pm 10/29/12 72% Without Power

October 29, 2012 7:19 pm Comments Off

60,829 of LIPA’s 84,586 customer’s in the Township are with out power as of 6:48 pm update. See the chart below by area. Many trees have fallen and the winds are going strong right now. Plus over the next few hours the storm surge will effect many more homes and their power.

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