Unlike recent storms that left damage and darkness over a wide swath of the state, the worst of this weekend’s storm was in the eastern region, slamming communities like Quincy, Fall River, and Plymouth, and leaving large numbers without power for a few more days.
More than 420,000 National Grid and NStar customers lost power at the height of the storm, which hit portions of the companies’ electric transmission systems hard and ripped lines from poles. The outages, on top of flooding and high winds in areas like Scituate, forced many into shelters as the snow piled up.
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I thought that Wind Turbines were supposed to solve this problem.
You meant drill baby drill?
We fully expected to lose power but did not. I'd like to think that it is because NStar spent the summer/fall, cutting/removing tree branches, which were potiential causes of storm related downed power lines. If that is the case, then I congratulate NStar for its preventative work.