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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. An E-Mail from a Highlands Resident. November 4, 2012. 8:30 A.M.:

With Con Edison reporting 7,318 White Plains customers still out of power this morning, a Highlands resident wrote this e-mail to WPCNR:

WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From Consolidated Edison. 10 P.M. E.D.T. NOVEMBER 3, 2012:

Con Edison crews have restored electricity to more than 700,000 customers, or approximately 70 percent of all those who lost power since Hurricane Sandy slammed through New York. Nearly 950,000 Con Edison customers were affected by the storm.

In Westchester County, the company reported 99,000 customers out of service. Originally, 210,000 customers in the county were affected by the hurricane. Con Edison reports 7,318 customers still unconnected in White Plains at the 10 P.M. hour.

As of 10 p.m., Con Edison reported approximately 246,000 customers out of service. That included 7,300 in Manhattan, 74,000 in Queens, 24,000 in Brooklyn, 27,000 in Staten Island and 15,000 in the Bronx.

Con Edison is being joined by an army of mutual aid crews from various states and Canada that will help restore service knocked out by Hurricane Sandy.

Nearly 2,000 out-of-town crews are being deployed in New York City and Westchester County from various staging areas. An additional 400 crews are scheduled to arrive in the Con Edison service territory by Sunday.

Con Edison has established Mutual Aid Base Camps and staging areas at Rye Playland in Rye, Citifield in Queens, and Miller Field in Staten Island. Con Edison is building additional base camps in FDR State Park in Yorktown Heights and the Queens Hall of Science.