# Christmas 2020 - East Coast Power Outage

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 25, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2020-east-coast-power-outage/928923 "2020-12-25T23:58:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2020-east-coast-power-outage/928923/1 "2020-12-25T23:58:10Z")

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First-hand (or second-hand) experience with it? Obviously, if you’re in it right now, you won’t be able to post. But what about friends/family members? Phone service? Utilities?

> **[Christmas storm leaves thousands without power on East Coast](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christmas-storm-leaves-thousands-without-power-pennsylvania-new-york-massachusetts/)**
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> A winter storm that began in the West brought rain and high winds to the Northeast overnight.

> **[Winter Storm Harold Leaves Over 200,000 Without Power on Christmas Day](https://www.newsweek.com/winter-storm-harold-power-outages-1557301)**
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> Heavy rainfall and strong winds caused power outages across in some states as Winter Storm Harold made its way across the East Coast.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-2020-east-coast-power-outage/928923/2 "2020-12-26T00:16:26Z")

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My cousins in Connecticut are without power.