Nor'easter Brings Hurricane-Force Winds to Massachusetts

[Omaha Steve]

Source: NY Times

After battering the New York area, the storm knocked out electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers across New England on Wednesday.

High winds from an early season nor’easter were causing widespread power outages across New England early Wednesday morning, with the National Weather Service reporting gusts of hurricane force along the coast of Massachusetts.

Although there were no immediate reports of damage, a high-wind warning was in effect through late Wednesday afternoon for parts of Massachusetts and southern Rhode Island, the Weather Service said.

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As of 7 a.m. Eastern time, almost 425,000 customers in Massachusetts, nearly 80,000 in Rhode Island and about 25,000 in Maine were without power, according to PowerOutage.us, which aggregates data from utilities across the country.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/us/cape-cod-noreaster.html

[jimfields33]

1. I wonder how those using wind power exclusively made out

I’d think those with wind power made out great and even thrived.

[hack89]

2. Wind turbines shut down when the wind gets that high

somewhere between 55-65 mph is the max wind speed for turbines. They can't absorb that much stress.

[jimfields33]

4. I didn't know that. That's a shame really.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. We are hunkered down, still have power, but concerned about some large nearby trees...

Trees are lovely, till they smash down power lines and into roofs.

Hoping all the utility company workers up in bucket trucks stay safe repairing this mess.

[riversedge]

5. Going to have to trade my waders in for a wetsuit. Water waveWater waveWater wave

Going to have to trade my waders in for a wetsuit. Water waveWater waveWater wave

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