That would be a drop of "1,176" locations without power in a matter of 52 minutes (5:51 pm until 6:43:pm). A little quick math . . . that would be a nearly 63% drop! Wow, that's a good sign! Keep it up JCP&L!
UPDATE: Power was restored to a significant number of customers in the downtown area off of Main Street over night, and to the Laceworks area around 9 am this morning, but the number of customers without power listed for Lambertville actually rose again this morning.
As of 10:05 am, 11/1, it was up to "784" and by 11:10 am it was only down slightly to "772." A transformer up on Hewitt Road apparently went out, affecting a significant number of people in that immediate area. UPDATES: As of 12:34 pm, back down, currently at "671" and as of 1:24 pm, we are down to "562" people without power. And, as of 4:13 pm the City total is down to "401" but back up to "574" as of 5:38 pm, and "674" as of 6:46 pm. Seems a little odd, or a uncertain at best, no? UPDATE: Wed. 11/02/2011 at 11:42 am-- according to the map listings, 501 locations are still without power.
That is still a significant number of locations, and for an extended period of time without power. So, if you know of a neighbor without power, especially someone who may be elderly, or who cannot otherwise get around, please be sure to knock on their door and check up on them. Sometimes people are a little reluctant to call for help on their own.
UPDATE from the City, 4:40 pm, 11/1/11:
JCP&L UPDATE: Most of Lambertville had power restored this morning, Tuesday, November 1. 401 Customers with the 08530 zip code remain without power. JCP&L is working around the clock to restore power. They anticipate power will be restored to 95% of the residents by Thursday, November 3 and to 100% by Friday, November 4. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as we receive them.
Also, as JCP&L points out on their site:
Numbers shown are predictions of the number of customers affected, based on calls received from customers. If your power is out, please call 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877) to report an outage.
Unfortunately, there is no specific restoration information posted there for our immediate area -- telling us when the work for our particular areas will be done.
But if you are still without electric power in Lambertville, including in the south end of the City, please note that there is a "Main Street" line that is out. It runs down South Main and heads south. JCP&L estimates that it may not be back up for a few days, possibly Thursday or Friday. UPDATE: Most of the southern end of town was fortunately reconnected 11/1.
The outage extends onto the side streets, such as Ferry Street, Swan Street and Mt. Hope Street, whose residents hook up to that "Main Street" line.
You may have noticed a few homes and businesses in the immediate vicinity that actually do have lights and electricity. For example, a gas stations on Main Street and Bridge is up and running, but the City Library, right next door is without any power, while a small travel business across the corner on the same side of the street, has power.
The reason is because there are apparently two power lines on Main Street -- over and under -- so if your location happens to feed off the "good" line, you are in luck. Otherwise, if you connect to the "bad" line you may unfortunately not have power for a few days.
The City says most Hunterdon residents without power will be reconnected by this Thursday, November 2d, and all by Friday, November 3rd. (see notice below).
There is a parallel power line running south down Rt. 165, located on the other side of 165, and that one is up and running.
The City posted the following notice regarding the outage for Hunterdon County earlier today:
October 31, 2011
JCP&L UPDATE: The Office of Emergency Management participated in a conference call at 11 am this morning with Hunterdon County Office of Emergency Management. Jersey Central Power and Light advised that over 31,000 residents are without power in Hunterdon County. They anticipate power will be restored to 95% of the residents by Thursday, November 3 and to 100% by Friday, November 4. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as we receive them.
Please feel free to come to City Hall to recharge your phones and/or computers.
As we get further specific restoration information on outages in town, we'll post it here. Feel free to share this with your friends and neighbors, especially those who you know are without power, but who maintain internet/phone contact.
Or, you can pass along any additional and related information to us at lambertville.info@gmail.com.
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