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Some Locals Still in the Dark After Irene

About one quarter of those in the area who lost power during Hurricane Irene are still in the dark, according to LIPA.

The who were affected by Hurricane Irene would have their power restored by Friday.

On Friday morning, according to LIPA’s own data tracking progress, up to 75 percent of the customer affected have had power restored in Port Jefferson village, with many hoping to see the lights come on sooner rather than later.

“Are my three neighbors and I, on Myrtle Ave., the only one's in Port Jefferson village without power?” asked Carmela Kolman on our Facebook page. “Seems that way.”

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In Port Jefferson Station, Gary Cinque reported he was still without power.

In Port Jefferson Station, 60 percent of the customers who lost power were restored equating to 162 people still without service and 241 restored

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Terryville has 344 people still without power. LIPA says that 1,202 customers or 78 percent of the total who lost power there have been fixed.

In Belle Terre, 19 people are still waiting for the lights to come back while 38 had their power restored, which is 66 percent of ther total affected.

LIPA says that 1,093 customers are still without power in Port Jefferson village, Port Jefferson Station, Belle Terre and Terryville with 3,198 customers who have had power restored in those same areas.

The LIPA website that reports outages has seen fluctuations in the number of people without power and service restored. It is also not providing up to the minute updates, with hours or days lagging between updates.

The LIPAnews official twitter account tweeted on Friday morning of the updates to the data referring to the webpage.

Below is the progress posted by LIPA on its website as of Friday, at 8:30 a.m.

Village Still Affected Restored
Port Jefferson 568 1,717 Port Jefferson Station 162 241 Terryville 344 1,202 Belle Terre
19 38 Total
1,093 3,198

Data provided by LIPA from September 2, 2011 at 8:30 a.m.


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