Power in Philadelphia area may be out beyond Election Day.

[RandySF]

In the Philadelphia area, Bucks and Montgomery Counties bore the brunt of the outages all day, and suffered a sharp increase Monday night. By 10:20 p.m., Bucks County had at least 180,000 residents without power and Montgomery County had at least 130,000.

Throughout the afternoon, the number of people without power across the region doubled, tripled, and quadrupled every few minutes - even as utility crews were bringing some customers back online.

Hurricane Sandy could go into the record books in terms of power outages, officials fear, toppling power lines in a half-dozen or more states, especially New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York.

Full restoration could take more than a week - through Election Day.



http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20121029_Outages__Few_yet__many_feared.html

[qazplm]

1. your title doesn't match the article

doesn't specify what area specifically could take more than a week.

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. Because they don't know. From the link:

Hurricane Sandy could go into the record books in terms of power outages, officials fear, toppling power lines in a half-dozen or more states, especially New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York.

Full restoration could take more than a week - through Election Day.

This storm is happening overnight. No way to assess damage before daylight.

[SCliberal091294]

2. ..

Good news is we have good ground game in pa. Many will vote because there is nothing to do in a house with no power

[eastsidemanglerNY]

3. North Philadelphia

Power has been shaky here in North Philly, with the lights flickering unsteadily off and on in my apartment. I don't know about you guys, but power or no power I'm still voting!

[Floyd_Gondolli]

4. It'll be back on for most before then

Unless there is ice involved, the power companies should be able to get the power back on for most affected folks by the weekend. Most projections are worst case. Officials covering their ass, etc.

More rural areas may be in for a longer wait.

[LeftInTX]

6. Hurricane Ike in NW Houston at my sister's house - 2 days

Rural areas took several weeks.

[LisaL]

7. Your sister was lucky.

Some areas of Houston didn't get power back on for weeks.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. usually cities come back before suburbs - which is good for us