We have been without power since Sunday. We are staying at the Four Points, where we stayed last summer until we found the house. Its getting boring after living in a big old house. the freezer has been doing well, but now its warmer so DRY ICE tonight.
now I see we are 1 of 4,000 still in the dark!
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Thousands still waiting for electricity in Akron-Canton area
By Katie Byard
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 10:56 a.m. EDT, Sep 18, 2008
Four days after the remnants of Hurricane Ike whipped through Ohio, about 4,000 FirstEnergy Corp. customers in the Akron area were still without power.
Throughout Northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania, 70,000 customers were in the dark this morning. These included 300 customers in northern Summit County, 700 in the Kent area and 300 in the Medina area.
FirstEnergy spokeswoman Tricia Ingraham said power has been restored to about 90 percent of the customers who lost electricity as a result of Sunday's storm.
The remaining work, she said, is ''labor intensive,'' involving repairs affecting small numbers of customers.
Echoing earlier FirstEnergy statements, Ingraham said it could be sometime this weekend before power is restored to everyone.
The storm, which brought wind gusts of more than 75 mph in some spots in Northeast Ohio, is blamed for at least 50 deaths in 11 states from the Gulf Coast to Michigan. At least six deaths were reported in Ohio.
American Electric Power reported that about 26,000 customers were still without power in Stark and Carroll counties, down from a peak of about 69,000 on Monday.
AEP spokeswoman Shelly Haugh has said it could be midnight Friday before power is restored to 90 percent of affected customers.
Four days after the remnants of Hurricane Ike whipped through Ohio, about 4,000 FirstEnergy Corp. customers in the Akron area were still without power.
Throughout Northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania, 70,000 customers were in the dark this morning. These included 300 customers in northern Summit County, 700 in the Kent area and 300 in the Medina area.
FirstEnergy spokeswoman Tricia Ingraham said power has been restored to about 90 percent of the customers who lost electricity as a result of Sunday's storm.
The remaining work, she said, is ''labor intensive,'' involving repairs affecting small numbers of customers.
Echoing earlier FirstEnergy statements, Ingraham said it could be sometime this weekend before power is restored to everyone.
The storm, which brought wind gusts of more than 75 mph in some spots in Northeast Ohio, is blamed for at least 50 deaths in 11 states from the Gulf Coast to Michigan. At least six deaths were reported in Ohio.
American Electric Power reported that about 26,000 customers were still without power in Stark and Carroll counties, down from a peak of about 69,000 on Monday.
AEP spokeswoman Shelly Haugh has said it could be midnight Friday before power is restored to 90 percent of affected customers.
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