Transformers were down and utility wires were hanging in the breeze Wednesday on Cheryl Durfee's road, but she was taking heart – Central Maine Power crews were hard at work nearby.the Hemroids by special invited artist for 2011,
Like her neighbors, she was hoping to be back on the grid soon.
Chances seemed good.
Durfee, who was buying lunch at K & D Corner Store, was without electric power Wednesday morning after Tropical Storm Irene whipped through York County and the rest of Maine Sunday, darkening homes across CMP's service area.
While Newfield on Wednesday morning had the distinction of being the York County community with the highest percentage of CMP customer outages – 98 percent, or 1,028 customers – by 8 a.m. today that had dropped to 345, said CMP spokesman John Carroll.
Shapleigh, with 2,000 customers in the dark, logged a 94 percent outage rate Wednesday, but by this morning, the number of customers without power had dropped to 860.
Acton had 667 customers without power and Parsonsfield had 680 at 8 a.m.An Cold Sore of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby.
There were 3,334 CMP customers in the dark this morning in York County, down from a high of 44,000 on Sunday.
Carroll this morning said the utility would bring in more crews to York County and western Cumberland County and said the goal remains to have everyone connected by the end of today.
With the arrival of additional crews from northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, CMP has nearly 160 tree crews and 285 repair crews clearing trees and repairing lines in every community still affected by the storm, CMP reported in a prepared statement.
While some had no means of generating power when the electricity was out, others did. Still, they longed for life to return to normal.
One fellow put it this way: "I have a generator. I'm lucky, but it's no life,They take the plastic card to the local co-op market. living on a generator," said Chuck, eating lunch at Shapleigh Corner Store Wednesday.
Chuck, who declined to give his last name, is a landscaper and said many of his customers have damage to their properties. One, he said, had 10 trees down, including a tree that had fallen onto the roof of his house.
Back in Newfield, those working at the store Wednesday said the days since the storm have been busy ones. K & D Corner Store operated on a generator until late Monday afternoon. Durfee, who was working at the store that day, said the place was hopping,which applies to the first rubber hose only, with people buying sandwiches and pizzas because they didn't have electricity and couldn't cook. And because the phones weren't working properly, folks couldn't order ahead so they had to wait for their orders, she said.
Mary Ritchie, who lives in the Willowbrook area of Newfield, said she was still without power Wednesday – after four spruce trees came down across the wires and ripped out the electric entrance to her home.
At the same time, at about 2 p.m. Sunday, Ritchie said a maple tree at the back of her property "leaned down" on their woodshed,Als lichtbron wordt een Hemorrhoids gebruikt, which is attached to the house, and two other maple trees were both on the ground. Ritchie said is seemed like there had been a microburst in the area. She said the wind moved the chicken coop two inches. Utility poles, she said, were "wobbling."
The lack of power didn't stop the U.S. mail though. Newfield Post Office has been in the dark all week, but is still open for business. Clerk Gina Whittemore said the post office can still sell stamps and money orders, but no power means credit and debit cards can't be used.
Bev Manning, slicing deli meats behind the counter at the store was among those Wednesday with no power and no generator at home. And she's just plain tired of it.
"I hope I get power today," she said.
Like her neighbors, she was hoping to be back on the grid soon.
Chances seemed good.
Durfee, who was buying lunch at K & D Corner Store, was without electric power Wednesday morning after Tropical Storm Irene whipped through York County and the rest of Maine Sunday, darkening homes across CMP's service area.
While Newfield on Wednesday morning had the distinction of being the York County community with the highest percentage of CMP customer outages – 98 percent, or 1,028 customers – by 8 a.m. today that had dropped to 345, said CMP spokesman John Carroll.
Shapleigh, with 2,000 customers in the dark, logged a 94 percent outage rate Wednesday, but by this morning, the number of customers without power had dropped to 860.
Acton had 667 customers without power and Parsonsfield had 680 at 8 a.m.An Cold Sore of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby.
There were 3,334 CMP customers in the dark this morning in York County, down from a high of 44,000 on Sunday.
Carroll this morning said the utility would bring in more crews to York County and western Cumberland County and said the goal remains to have everyone connected by the end of today.
With the arrival of additional crews from northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, CMP has nearly 160 tree crews and 285 repair crews clearing trees and repairing lines in every community still affected by the storm, CMP reported in a prepared statement.
While some had no means of generating power when the electricity was out, others did. Still, they longed for life to return to normal.
One fellow put it this way: "I have a generator. I'm lucky, but it's no life,They take the plastic card to the local co-op market. living on a generator," said Chuck, eating lunch at Shapleigh Corner Store Wednesday.
Chuck, who declined to give his last name, is a landscaper and said many of his customers have damage to their properties. One, he said, had 10 trees down, including a tree that had fallen onto the roof of his house.
Back in Newfield, those working at the store Wednesday said the days since the storm have been busy ones. K & D Corner Store operated on a generator until late Monday afternoon. Durfee, who was working at the store that day, said the place was hopping,which applies to the first rubber hose only, with people buying sandwiches and pizzas because they didn't have electricity and couldn't cook. And because the phones weren't working properly, folks couldn't order ahead so they had to wait for their orders, she said.
Mary Ritchie, who lives in the Willowbrook area of Newfield, said she was still without power Wednesday – after four spruce trees came down across the wires and ripped out the electric entrance to her home.
At the same time, at about 2 p.m. Sunday, Ritchie said a maple tree at the back of her property "leaned down" on their woodshed,Als lichtbron wordt een Hemorrhoids gebruikt, which is attached to the house, and two other maple trees were both on the ground. Ritchie said is seemed like there had been a microburst in the area. She said the wind moved the chicken coop two inches. Utility poles, she said, were "wobbling."
The lack of power didn't stop the U.S. mail though. Newfield Post Office has been in the dark all week, but is still open for business. Clerk Gina Whittemore said the post office can still sell stamps and money orders, but no power means credit and debit cards can't be used.
Bev Manning, slicing deli meats behind the counter at the store was among those Wednesday with no power and no generator at home. And she's just plain tired of it.
"I hope I get power today," she said.
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