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Six Million Without Power

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    FBN’s Adam Shapiro with the latest on power outages due to Hurricane Sandy.

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At a apparel he's tracking the power outages -- what's the latest totals.

Well it depends on.

Where -- adding it all up it's over six million people without electricity and that's as far south as Washington DC parts of Virginia.

Over -- act -- Cleveland Ohio area they've lost power and that's because of snow.

West Virginia they've lost power.

But the hard numbers that greatest majority of people it right here in the New Jersey New York Connecticut area.

Wanna go through some of those numbers right now for I believe we have -- full screen we can -- -- just to show people.

Jersey central power and -- 944000.

People without electricity Atlantic City electric 187000.

Without electricity con Edison.

That's the company that serves Manhattan as well as Westchester County here in new York at some of the -- 695000.

People without electricity.

Long Island power at 4909000.

Without power.

Connecticut light and power 480000.

And then PSE -- G this is one of the New Jersey utilities public.

The public utility.

Over one million it's one point two million in fact there vice president.

Electric operations.

Person by the name of John -- had said quote previous record for -- it was 200000.

That was by Hurricane Irene 2011.

Quote this is the largest storm related outage in our history and again one point two million.

PSG.

Customers that electricity at this hour or so we're gonna keep following this for you.

That you know that 25000 power crews on stand by that they brought in according to -- which is the utility in Washington DC.

25000.

Men and women.

Who are part of that additional four that was flown in from Mexico Canada as far away as Washington State poised to then get dispatched.

To help the local crews restore electricity.

Well you know it's a herculean effort for an herculean task a lot of people without power thanks a lot -- do you -- and joining us now.

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