CER2520@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Curtis E. Reid) (03/11/91)
I did not post any updates yesterday because things basically remained the same and the paper was mostly reviewing the aftermath of the Ice Storm '91. However, there are some interesting tidbits in today's paper: Rochester, NY's {Democrat and Chronicle}, Monday, March 11, 1991: Front page headline: "RG&E admits it erred" Subheadline: "Utility underestimated ice's toll" Front page: "After almost a week of telling frustrated customers that their power would return in just a few days, Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. officials conceded yesterday that they had significantly underestimated the damage done by the ice storm. "RG&E President Roger Kober {CER comments: What happened to RG&E VP Lanier? :)} revealed that 35 percent of the utility's lines and other distribution equipment had been destroyed by the storm, which began last Sunday night and turned out the lights about 225,000 homes. "Power was restored to about 7,000 homes yesterday. Yet 23,260 customers, all but 660 of them in Monroe County, were still in the dark last night. And Kober predicted that service would not be restored completely until Thursday or Friday." .... Page 1B: headline: 21,000 homes still lack phones Page 1B: "More than 21,000 Rochester Telephone Corp. customers remained without service yesterday, and an official said telephone service probably will not be completely restored until the end of this week. "Repair crews from Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and downstate telephone companies were aiding local crews, said Diana Melvilled, a Rochester Tel spokeswoman. More than 500 outdoor repair workers have been assigned the task of restoring service." Curtis E. Reid CER2520@RITVAX.Bitnet (Bitnet) CER2520@RITVAX.isc.rit.edu (Internet)
CER2520@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Curtis E. Reid) (03/17/91)
A quick brief update: * Power is still out among 1,000 RG&E customers. * Phone services is still out among 10,000 RTC customers -- progress was slowed until RGE finishes their work which then significant progress will be made. (Telephone wires share the same poles as electrical wires.) * Estimated damge including insurance claims totals $374 million! (Reported to be the largest -- larger than the damage in North Carolina when Hurriane Hugo struck.) * I don't believe there are any outage of cable subscribers. * Wood chips and wood mulch are estimated to produce about 11,000 cubic yards a day! I heard that the county already has 500,000 cubic yards piled up at many places! Curtis E. Reid CER2520@RITVAX.Bitnet (Bitnet) CER2520@RITVAX.isc.rit.edu (Internet)