we check out today, we can do a day or two without if we know its coming back. but 5 would have been rotten (the most painful thing: don't open the freezer -- where we now have blocks of dry ice.....
About 678 in Akron still have no power
Summit, Medina and Portage report fewer than 1,140 in dark
Published on Saturday, Sep 20, 2008
From staff and wire reportsThe number of those still in the dark in the Akron area is dwindling as much of the state returns to normal and power companies work to restore electricity by the end of the weekend to the remaining 330,000 homes and businesses affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ike.
About 3 percent of the FirstEnergy Corp. customers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania, including about 678 in the Akron area, were still without power Friday night, five days after high winds battered the region.
About 22,000 customers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania had no electricity, down from a peak of about 1 million.
Fewer than 1,140 customers in Summit, Portage and Medina counties were still without power Friday night.
FirstEnergy spokeswoman Ellen Raines said power would be restored to 99 percent of customers by midnight Sunday.
American Electric Power reported that about 13,000 customers were still without power in Stark and Carroll counties, down from a peak of about 69,000.
AEP spokeswoman Shelly Haugh said it could be as late as midnight tonight before power is restored to 90 percent of its affected customers.
All the utility customers should be back online by midnight Sunday, she said.
The storm, which brought wind gusts of more than 75 mph in some spots in Northeast Ohio, is blamed for at least 56 deaths in 11 states from the Gulf Coast to Michigan. At least seven of those deaths were in Ohio.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland asked residents to donate to area food banks, through the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks, to help those still recovering from the storm.
State Job and Family Service clients who have lost food because of power outages can use a temporary procedure for reimbursement of food stamps.
The agency asks clients to attach a letter explaining they were without power and a copy of a newspaper article detailing the power outage in their area to their application for reimbursement.
In the Akron area, the request and documentation can be mailed or taken to Summit County Job and Family Services, 37 N. High St., Akron, OH 44308.
From staff and wire reportsThe number of those still in the dark in the Akron area is dwindling as much of the state returns to normal and power companies work to restore electricity by the end of the weekend to the remaining 330,000 homes and businesses affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ike.
About 3 percent of the FirstEnergy Corp. customers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania, including about 678 in the Akron area, were still without power Friday night, five days after high winds battered the region.
About 22,000 customers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania had no electricity, down from a peak of about 1 million.
Fewer than 1,140 customers in Summit, Portage and Medina counties were still without power Friday night.
FirstEnergy spokeswoman Ellen Raines said power would be restored to 99 percent of customers by midnight Sunday.
American Electric Power reported that about 13,000 customers were still without power in Stark and Carroll counties, down from a peak of about 69,000.
AEP spokeswoman Shelly Haugh said it could be as late as midnight tonight before power is restored to 90 percent of its affected customers.
All the utility customers should be back online by midnight Sunday, she said.
The storm, which brought wind gusts of more than 75 mph in some spots in Northeast Ohio, is blamed for at least 56 deaths in 11 states from the Gulf Coast to Michigan. At least seven of those deaths were in Ohio.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland asked residents to donate to area food banks, through the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks, to help those still recovering from the storm.
State Job and Family Service clients who have lost food because of power outages can use a temporary procedure for reimbursement of food stamps.
The agency asks clients to attach a letter explaining they were without power and a copy of a newspaper article detailing the power outage in their area to their application for reimbursement.
In the Akron area, the request and documentation can be mailed or taken to Summit County Job and Family Services, 37 N. High St., Akron, OH 44308.
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Sep 20, 2008
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