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Berlum

(7,044 posts) Wed Feb 12, 2014, 04:28 PM Feb 2014

More than 150,000 in Georgia lose power in ongoing Ice Storm

"By mid-afternoon Wednesday, more than 150,000 customers across Georgia were still cut off from power — an estimate that kept rising, even as utility companies put other customers back online..."

http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local/scattered-power-outages-reported/ndLs9/

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More than 150,000 in Georgia lose power in ongoing Ice Storm (Original Post) Berlum Feb 2014 OP

I'm keeping my fingers crossed. 840high Feb 2014 #1

More than 200,000 now Glitterati Feb 2014 #2

840high

(17,196 posts)

1. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Reply to Berlum (Original post)

Wed Feb 12, 2014, 06:55 PM

Feb 2014

Glitterati

(3,182 posts)

2. More than 200,000 now

Reply to Berlum (Original post)

Wed Feb 12, 2014, 07:45 PM

Feb 2014

We haven't lost power yet, but it's still coming down and has been for more than 12 hours now.

Right now it's a mixture of sleet, frozen rain and snow. This morning's snow is crusted over completely with a layer of ice.

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