Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - "It's Paula in Elma. I'm freezing, there's no caffeine so I'm really stressed!!!! Elma has been without power for 18 hours. There are no restoration times yet. WHY? This is nuts!" That's from the WBEN Text line. Just a sample of the frustration following the extreme wind storm in Western New York.
Why does the website say 'still assessing'? "With the scope and breath of this storm, we decided to wait for the best information so we can be as accurate as possible," said Bertola. "We don't want to put out a number like 2:00, only to change it to 4:00 and 10:00. When we put a time on it, it's going to be realistic."
Bertola thought the storm would be more widespread across the state. He anticipated double the number of outages. "Don't get me wrong, 37-thousand is a big number and a lot of people are inconvenienced," he said. "Hopefully we can bring the number down sooner than later."
Currently 15,000 @NYSEandG customers without power in our Lancaster Div. most in Erie County. More than 400 crews are working to restore power with an additional 77 crews arriving later today
— NYSEG (@NYSEandG) February 25, 2019
