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Power Outages at Nearly 9,500 Prior to Nor'Easter

Smithtown still at nearly 2,500 outages, while St, James drops to around 1,000.

With a nor'easter expected to hit Wednesday just one week after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Town of Smithtown, power outages throughout the town are down to 9,493 homes.

As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, in Smithtown, St. James, Nesconset, Head of the Harbor, Village of the Branch and Nissequogue, there are 5,027 outages. 

Here is a breakdown of what areas are missing power:

  • Smithtown – 2,438
  • St. James – 961
  • Nesconset – 594
  • Village of the Branch – 13
  • Head of the Harbor – 616
  • Nissequogue – 405

Patch reported Wednesday that the National Weather Service issued a High Wind Warning for Nassau and Suffolk counties from 1 p.m. to Thursday 4 a.m. with the possibility of winds from the north at 25-35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

Check out LIPA's outage map here.

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KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:17 pm
How, in a period of rapidly declining enrollment, can costs be increasing so much from year to year,Read More you ask? The answer is in front of you in black and white. I urge you to READ your district’s budget: we are funding retirements when many of us cannot afford to fund our own during difficult economic times. These wheels were set in motion by contracts negotiated in times of unrealistic growth that may likely not occur again. It is time to open up these plans and relieve this unfair burden from our shoulders. Whatever other measures are pursued in order to control costs, including consolidation within and eventually with other districts, are never going to be enough if you cannot get this problem corrected. Write your congressman, for the love of God. If you need any more incentive to do so, please go to http://rocdocs.democratandchronicle.com/database/teacher-pensions-new-york and look at what Smithtown’s retirees are collecting MONTHLY. It will sicken you.
KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:12 pm
They are allowed to exclude the pension and employee benefit increases when expressing the increase.Read More
Billie B May 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
Tomorrow is the vote..vote NO NOW or our taxes are going to continue to sky rocket. Unless we doRead More something this town will continue to spiral down. More taxes aren't going to help. We need to cut expenses and get ourselves on a fiscally responsible plan.