Still No Power

[pastafreak]

My brother and his family still have no power due to the tropical storm Isaias that swept through NYC and its suburbs on Tuesday.
It doesn't seem to have made the news here.

https://abc7ny.com/weather/108000-remain-without-power-on-long-island/6353608/

[Chipchopper]

I hope its soon restored!

[pastafreak]

So do they!

[zebo]

I hope it's sorted soon for them but as for your questioning why it hasn't made the news here, the US news coverage is so parochial, I would be surprised if it made the news two states over! Why should it make the news here?

[calmck]

Did see that hurricane was forecast for the area and friend in Boston area was waiting for it to hit

[pastafreak]

Zebo...because major storms often do make the news here. Maybe not before, but the aftermath if bad, will.

[Lie-in King]

A friend of a friend mentioned they'd experienced a bad outage, but I confess to not following it up. I hope your family - & everyone else - get their power back soon, Pasta.

[New Judge]

It won't make the news here because it is not related to Covid-19 or the government's latest measures aimed at "eliminating" the virus. I'm surprised the explosion of 3,000 tons of fertiliser in Beirut made our screens. They did mention, though, that Lebanon was reeling from Coronavirus (well, they have had 70 deaths).

[pastafreak]

That may just be true NJ...though some news outlets focus on Covid in the States, so no room for storms.

[Chipchopper]

Has New Hampshire been affected by the storm ?
I'm hoping there is not too much destruction.

[pastafreak]

It was headed towards New England, but I don't know what effect it may have had.

[Peter Pedant]

I think they should do something to pres Trump for causing this
or something

[Peter Pedant]

// I'm surprised the explosion of 3,000 tons of fertiliser in Beirut made our screens//

there was a steamy gold barl that gets disperse - does anyone know how
(I thought that it was a steam barl which had been made to condense from the pressure front - - but I didnt expect it suddenly to go er pouf!) - I expected it to be carried forward on the wavefront

but there was a barl within a barl .....

profs ideas welcome

[Mamyalynne]

Are you lost Peter?

[Buenchico]

>>> It doesn't seem to have made the news here.

The power outages don't seem to have got much of a mention but there has been some general coverage of the effects of the storm. e.g.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53645297

[albaqwerty]

I was wondering about your brother, Pasta, when Pete Hesgeth said on Fox that he was one of many without power, hopefully it will be back on in NYC by Tuesday he said.
Isaias, hurtling up the east coast of the States covering about 3000 miles at 33mph isn't really enough for the British media to mention.

[pastafreak]

Yes...it was a much less forceful storm than many they get. So surprising in a way that do many lost power. I'd heard that there were 1,000s of reports of trees down, so he did some damage.

[pastafreak]

They finally got their power back this afternoon...only 5 days in the dark and the sticky N.Y. heat.