Florida power outages surpass 1 million, continues to rise

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-27 04:54:46 | Updated at 2024-09-30 23:35:10 3 days ago

Florida power outages surpass 1 million, continues to rise
Accuweather ^ | Sep. 26, 2024 11:58 PM | Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior content editor

Posted on 09/26/2024 9:15:31 PM PDT by Red Badger

Around the time Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, power outages across the state surged to over 1 million. The majority of these outages are concentrated around Tampa and the Big Bend area, where Helene struck. According to PowerOutage.us, over 80% of tracked electric customers in Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, and Taylor counties are affected.

Power outages are also increasing in Georgia, where approximately 54,000 electric customers were without power around midnight, local time. AccuWeather meteorologists predict more outages as Helene moves inland, with some outages potentially lasting several days to over a week.

TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: South Carolina
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1 posted on 09/26/2024 9:15:31 PM PDT by Red Badger

To: Red Badger

Prayers up for the people in that affected region.

2 posted on 09/26/2024 9:18:17 PM PDT by frank ballenger (so then let us set up a last agonizing, bloodcurdling howl, a screech of defiance, a war whoop! )

To: Red Badger; NautiNurse

Helene is hitting the Florida peninsula with the nasty, tornado laden “twelve o’clock to three o’clock” side,

Power outages are to be expected.

3 posted on 09/26/2024 9:18:34 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)

To: Red Badger

4 posted on 09/26/2024 9:25:51 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)

To: Red Badger

I miss Art Bell, he would have had a guest on tonight who could explain how this weather event was not guided by H.A.A.R.P but instead by the secret Chinese clone C.H.E.E.S.E and how they are waging new warfare against us for something we are doing.

5 posted on 09/26/2024 9:33:10 PM PDT by algore

To: Red Badger

If you put the wires under ground will the storm still take them out?

6 posted on 09/26/2024 9:33:30 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (H)

To: Red Badger

My power went out last night right before 9:00 pm. Miraculously, it came back on a bit after midnight. I’m crossing my fingers, hoping it will stay on!

7 posted on 09/26/2024 9:34:53 PM PDT by Old Grumpy

To: Red Badger

we’re getting pounded with high winds in suwannee county... i’ve got a couple of big red oak trees that snapped in half... we’re gonna have a mess to clean up...

8 posted on 09/26/2024 9:36:41 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)

To: frank ballenger

Unexpectedly, Helene drifted east of her projected track, so Tallahassee dodged a bullet, as did the most populated parts of the west side of the Florida peninsula. The town of Perry and smaller settlements in that area got hit hard though, as did several small fishing ports. On the whole, Florida got lucky.

9 posted on 09/26/2024 9:38:33 PM PDT by Rockingham

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