{"id":931626,"date":"2021-10-27T17:54:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=931626"},"modified":"2021-10-28T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:13:14","slug":"noreaster-pummels-massachusetts-upwards-of-490000-businesses-and-homes-lose-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/noreaster-pummels-massachusetts-upwards-of-490000-businesses-and-homes-lose-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Nor&#039;easter Pummels Massachusetts: Upwards of 490,000 Businesses and Homes Lose Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnoreaster-pummels-massachusetts-upwards-of-490000-businesses-and-homes-lose-power%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=931626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FCtDm15XoAEUb5c-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A nor\u2019easter battered eastern Massachusetts, leaving over 490,000 businesses and homes without power by midmorning on October 27.<\/p>\n<p>The storm <a href=\"https:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/2021\/10\/27\/power-outages-massachusetts-noreaster-electricity-storm-damage-mema-national-grid-eversource\/\">wreaked<\/a> havoc throughout Massachusetts\u2019 hardest-hit areas, including Boston\u2019s south shore, Cape Cod, and Cape Anne, CBS Boston reported.&nbsp;By noontime, the number of customers without electricity was 494,381. Several communities remain entirely without power, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>As of 1:32 p.m. Wednesday,&nbsp;478,437 customers <a href=\"http:\/\/mema.mapsonline.net\/public.html\">were<\/a> still without power, according to Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.9491525423729\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bad news: 487,462 customers are without power<\/p>\n<p>Good news: that number decreased for the first time this morning.  it&#8217;s a sign of things to come <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mawx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCVB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCVB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MassEMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MassEMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VJF04uqCtT\">pic.twitter.com\/VJF04uqCtT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Reed (@MattReedNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattReedNews\/status\/1453343586632839177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A man <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerryWBZ\/status\/1453312745890361352\">named<\/a> Harry Green from Brockton, Massachusetts,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/2021\/10\/27\/october-noreaster-damage-massachusetts-cape-cod-south-shore\/\">captured<\/a> footage of a transformer catching fire and exploding, according to CBS Boston.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3846153846154\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INCREDIBLE and scary video<br \/>WASHINGTON AVE AND PINE STREET, BROCKTON<br \/>Harry Green:<br \/>I heard a boom ran over to the neighbors and banged on there door cause trees were on fire then house across the street caught on fire <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7BzCnkWJKr\">pic.twitter.com\/7BzCnkWJKr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Terry Eliasen (@TerryWBZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerryWBZ\/status\/1453312745890361352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon of WCVB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/video-nor-easter-inching-away-but-winds-still-strong\/38079467\">reported<\/a> winds reached speeds of 94 MPH in Edgartown, 87 mph in Scituate, 84 mph in Dennis, 84 MPH in Duxbury, and 78 MPH in Rockport.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was what we call a bomb cyclone, or the meteorological process is bombogenesis. It\u2019s when the pressure drops in the storm 24 millibars in 24 hours,\u201d Fitzgibbon said during her weather update. \u201cThat really rapid intensification of the storm creates those strong winds, and that is what we saw this morning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During another Fitzgibbon update, the WCVB studio appeared to lose power momentarily:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5724137931034\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Took a power hit on the air this morning\u2026 lights \ud83d\udca1 out!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCVB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCVB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OpTbxoFDuD\">https:\/\/t.co\/OpTbxoFDuD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Met_CindyFitz\/status\/1453419265235714057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The storm <a href=\"https:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/2021\/10\/27\/october-noreaster-damage-massachusetts-cape-cod-south-shore\/\">left<\/a> fallen trees and downed power lines throughout the south shore and Cape Cod, according to CBS Boston. Duxbury\u2019s Fire Department <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DXFD_PIO\/status\/1453329658104139776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453329658104139776%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D18488338action%3Dedit\">tweeted<\/a> that it responded to 90 calls over 12 hours while the Nor\u2019easter took place. As of Wednesday morning, 91 percent of Duxbury was without power, and officials urged citizens to stay off the road.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3108108108108\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DXFD has responded to over 90 calls in the last 12 hours due to the storm.  91% of the town has now power. This is what most parts of town look like. Please stay off the roads unless it\u2019s absolutely necessary. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/weather?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#weather<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8V9dxS9LQE\">pic.twitter.com\/8V9dxS9LQE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Duxbury Fire PIO (@DXFD_PIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DXFD_PIO\/status\/1453329658104139776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.620338983051\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just spoke w\/the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Duxbury?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Duxbury<\/a> homeowner here, whose husband was sleeping upstairs, right under this roof where a tree crashed through. She woke up to his screams. Thankful he is OK, but they\u2019ve been ordered to leave. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wbz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wbz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nn8ZfAIm94\">pic.twitter.com\/nn8ZfAIm94<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Hager (@HagerWBZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HagerWBZ\/status\/1453415108349136899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One tree in Beacon Hill, a Boston neighborhood that is home to Massachusetts\u2019 State House, was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnlyInBOS\/status\/1453330646353461251\">uprooted<\/a> from the sidewalk, according to a tweet from OnlyInBOS:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8461538461538\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning from Beacon Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude43<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteonwheat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@peteonwheat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qNPf8y1MFG\">pic.twitter.com\/qNPf8y1MFG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnlyInBOS\/status\/1453330646353461251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Cohasset Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CohassetPolice\/status\/1453347536429854722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453347536429854722%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D18488338action%3Dedit\">tweeted<\/a> images of sailboats that were thrown across the Cohasset Harbor:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.0949367088608\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cohasset?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cohasset<\/a> Several boats aground in Cohasset Harbor. Winds still very strong. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwuFuJwPt8\">pic.twitter.com\/EwuFuJwPt8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cohasset Police (@CohassetPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CohassetPolice\/status\/1453347536429854722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MassGovernor\/status\/1453376195370835978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453376197325373443%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D18488338action%3Dedit\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cT<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">his morning, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MassLtGov\">@massltgov<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&nbsp;and I brought together the administration\u2019s emergency response and public safety officials to discuss storm impacts and response efforts. (1\/2)\u201d In a follow-up tweet, the governor added, \u201cO<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">ur administration is working with utilities to speed up recovery times, but crews are still assessing the level of damage. If you are in an impacted community, please be careful: check in on neighbors, stay away from downed power lines and stay off the roads. (2\/2)\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.242902208202\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our administration is working with utilities to speed up recovery times, but crews are still assessing the level of damage. <\/p>\n<p>If you are in an impacted community, please be careful: check in on neighbors, stay away from downed power lines and stay off the roads. <\/p>\n<p>(2\/2)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Baker (@MassGovernor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MassGovernor\/status\/1453376197325373443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nor\u2019easter battered eastern Massachusetts, leaving over 490,000 businesses and homes without power by midmorning on October 27. 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