Downed Trees, Downed Power Lines and Not Too Many Crews in Site

Downed Trees, Downed Power Lines and Not Too Many Crews in Site

Saturday, 03 March 2018 17:26

Last Updated: Saturday, 03 March 2018 17:31

Published: Saturday, 03 March 2018 17:26

Joanne Wallenstein

A Pine Tree blocking Greenacres Avenue - photo credit Michelle Sterling

(Saturday at 5 pm) I just chatted with a Con Edison man on Walworth Avenue – and learned more than perhaps I needed to know:

Here's what he shared:

Some of the Westchester crews are in Puerto Rico! They have been rotating shifts there to help out after Hurricane Maria – which is nice – but leaves it very challenging to get work done here.

Con Edison crews from other places are en route. He said we would see trucks from Boston here tomorrow.

The large tree that fell on Walworth Avenue north of Brayton Road and cut off power to many in Greenacres is still lying on the power line. Why? Because it is a high voltage line and workers were afraid to remove the tree from the high-tension line. It needs to be deactivated and it's apparently complicated.

When we asked when he thought power would be restored, he couldn't give us an answer – but said that Tuesday was optimistic! So it may be Wednesday or even Thursday before the lights come back on. In the meantime, generators are roaring and those without them are getting very cold.

Trees were not the only casualties from the storm. Seems that many cars were hit too.

Here are a bunch of photos from around the Village. If you have photos to share, send them to scarsdalecomments@gmail.com. Stay away from downed power lines.