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Con Ed Will have 156 Crews Working in County Overnight.

Posted on July 20, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. July 20, 2006, 5:30 P.M.: Chris Olert, spokesperson for Con Edison said he could not break out the number of actual Con Ed and affiliated repair crews actually working in White Plains today and this evening. Olert said Con Edison would have 156 crews working in Westchester County overnight this evening. He said this was a force of 250 people, representing Con Edison, Orange and Rockland Power (a Con Ed affiliate), and Central Hudson.

White Plains DPW crews were attacking the Haviland Manor neighborhood, picking up debris as of late afternoon.

The Mayor’s Office earlier this afternoon said Con Edison was distributing ice at the Bloomingdale’s parking lot and that Soundview Avenue was open its entire length.

Westbound, Eastbound Westchester Avenue Lights Out…Motorists Use Caution.

Posted on July 20, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR BUMPER TO BUMPER. July 20, 2006: Note to Motorists: Harrison Police continue to ignore the non-functioning traffic signals at the Bryant Avenue crossing over I-287. Motorists are forced in crossing over I-287 North and South bound to “see and avoid” motorists coming eastbound on the eastbound Westchester Avenue service road, and additionally to “see and avoid” Westbound traffic (often traveling at 40 miles per hour) as they turn to take I-684 northbound or proceed on Westchester Avenue west bound. WPCNR reported this dangerous situation three hours ago to Harrison Police, who have chosen not to station an officer there. The White Plains Department of Public Safety, to their credit, manned most intersections in White Plains where traffic lights were not working on Wednesday.

Harrison Police manned the Westchester Avenue site Wednesday morning when the eastbound Westchester Avenue route was closed due to a fallen tree. Since that was cleared yesterday, Harrison Police have ignored the non-working traffic light hazard. Motorists exiting White Plains via Bryant Avenue, crossing I-287 should use extreme caution in turning onto Westchester Avenue westbound when diverting to I-684 from Westchester Avenue eastbound, and from Bryant Avenue.

Con Ed Reports 3,700 Without Power in White Plains as of 2 P.M. E.D.T.

Posted on July 20, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. July 20, 2006, 2 P.M.E.D.T. UPDATED 2:56 P.M. E.D.T.: A spokesperson for Con Edison reports to WPCNR moments ago that since this morning, 100 more White Plains consumers have been restored, leaving 3,700 consumers without power. The spokesperson said Con Edison will repair cables in areas and that residents did not have to be home to have to have their service restored. “We will repair cables along the streets,” the spokesman said.

A convoy of Orange and Rockland power company trucks were sited making their way into White Plains within the last hour to apparently aid in the White Plains recovery and utility polls had been delivered to the dark Saxon Woods neighborhood.

Mystery Storm event not Confined to Central Westchester Area. Hit Montclair, L.I

Posted on July 20, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. By John F. Bailey. July 20, 2006: The Mystery Storm that hit White Plains Tuesday evening, as well as Scarsdale, Harrison, Eastchester, New Rochelle, and other central Westchester communities was not an isolated event in Westchester County as previously reported, having begun virtually simultaneously in Montclair New Jersey and White Plains, and a short time later hitting eastern Long Island with the same intense winds and tree-trashing effects.

WPCNR has also learned that the “Mystery Storm” was not confined to the central Westchester corridor as previously reported by Westchester County officials, citing the National Weather Service in a county news release yesterday.

The City of Montclair, New Jersey experienced an almost identical weather event virtually simultaneously Tuesday evening, meaning that the “Mystery Storm,” with the devastating destructive powers hit across about a 60 mile wide area…and appears not to be confined to the narrow 3 mile diameter of White Plains as previously reported by Westchester County’s Department of Communications. WCBS Radio 880 in a report just prior to noon broadcast that the City of Montclair, New Jersey has suffered virtually the same weather disaster as White Plains, Scarsdale and Harrison — with scores of trees down and thousands without power.

WPCNR has learned the storm effects in Montclair eerily match the devastation in White Plains.

An eyewitness to the weather horror in Montclair, Marilyn Shapiro of Glen Ridge Parkway, New Jersey speaking to WPCNR noted that the tops of trees were sheared off just as trees in White Plains. She reports over sixty trees downed in a Montclair park and devastating road closures and tree downings. She also reports receiving no advance warning of the storm on media. She reports the storm in Montclair began its lightning show at 10 P.M. Tuesday evening….about the time she was arriving home from being out to dinner, when WPCNR noted tymphany rolls of thunder in the distance advancing on White Plains.

The New York Times reported today that Long Island also experienced similar effects.

The mystery deepens as to what this Mystery Storm really was.