Chester County Officials Getting Head Start On Expected Winter Storm
The Chester County Emergency Operations Center was activated at noon Sunday, much earlier than usual for a storm like the one expected the Philadelphia area.
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The Chester County Emergency Operations Center was activated at noon Sunday, much earlier than usual for a storm like the one expected the Philadelphia area.
Only CBS 3 cameras were there as top PECO officials and emergency managers from four Pennsylvania counties and Philadelphia met behind closed doors to discuss response to power problems during the recent ice storm.
County officials are now urging businesses to apply for federal assistance through the county web site.
Warminster officials say electrical distribution to the township has been spotty over the past five years. Even during times of non-severe weather events, they say, the power goes out in parts of the township all too often.
In Philadelphia, officials are breathing a sigh of relief that the overnight accumulation did not cause widespread problems. And they stand by their decision to close city government on Friday.
On the heels of historic ice storm that left many homeowners without power for nearly a week, Thursday's storm is knocking out power for many customers in region.
(** UPDATED **) -- The latest, and largest, snowstorm of the current winter season played havoc with transportation and electric service in and around the Delaware Valley.
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But even while they were operating on emergency power for five days, the cold, dark conditions didn't stop people from seeking refuge from the frigid temperatures.
But a Peco spokesman added, "We would not be charging customers for using energy while their service is interrupted,"
Now, attention is shifting to our next winter storm.
Thieves took advantage of the recent storm, burglarizing three homes that did not have power.
In certain places where the road is blocked, where power is a memory, where trees tangle and sprawl out on electric lines over homes long abandoned. It would seem normal life has all but ceased.
"It's a slow process," notes Lower Makefield police chief Kenneth Coluzzi. "We still have a little over a hundred residents out of power."
County commissioner Josh Shapiro says the electric utility's leadership and its work staff have done an outstanding job, but he thinks more upfront investment may ease future events.
Students at Villanova University are back in class today for the first time since last week's ice storm knocked out power to the campus.
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Many locations in the Greater Philadelphia area are still facing power outages after Wednesday's storm.
Hundreds of PECO customers -- now in their fifth day with no electricity -- showed up for face-to-face sessions the utility set up in the hardest hit suburbs.
The Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission resumed service to the city's homeless Sunday afternoon after a power outage shut it down in some of the coldest weather of the year.
Tens of thousands of PECO customers were happy and warm Saturday night, but, there's still many more people throughout the area who are still in the dark.
Power has been restored to a nursing home in Langhorne, Bucks County after a backup generator failed.
The power went out around 2 a.m. Saturday morning at the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission at 13th and Arch Streets.
Tens of thousands of customers remain without power in the Philadelphia area, days after a winter storm coated trees and electrical lines with ice.
Of all the weather 'events' this troublesome winter, the ones this weekend will be the tamest. A few little disturbances in the atmosphere can brush by the area bringing a nuisance amount of snow.
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