Twitchy told you yesterday about the violent storms on the East Coast that left at least 9 dead and millions without power.
In the wee hours of Saturday night and early Sunday morning, storm victims tweeted their relief and excitement as the lights came back on in their various neighborhoods:
Was just awoken by the jaunty music of some bad, off-brand cartoons on the TV. Hooray! The power is back! Now for some AC-assisted sleep…
— Derek Lindahl (@oif_vet) July 1, 2012
https://twitter.com/NoelAkers13/status/219330816570949632
Finally have power back after 27hrs w/o it. #badstorms
— Dani North (@danigirl388) July 1, 2012
https://twitter.com/NuNarnyia/status/219337169267982336
https://twitter.com/miguelthomas410/status/219328825610338304
https://twitter.com/ArochoMichael/status/219333453794123777
Not everyone got so lucky, though:
3 a.m. update: About 880,000 still without power in @WTOP area. More than 50,000 restored since midnight.
— Nick Pisano (@NickPisanoDC) July 1, 2012
Ick… https://t.co/hSsVoGgK AEP Ohio has restored power to approximately 100,000 of the 660,000 customers affected by the catastrophic storms
— KF (@d0tslash) July 1, 2012
https://twitter.com/rainbowinlight/status/219334669999669248
Most remaining residents w/o power should have it restored by the end of the day on July 4th.
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) June 30, 2012
WOW! My brother and sister-in-law's power went out Friday night at midnight and the power company says it may not be restored until 7/6!
— Amy Taylor (@OhMyCarlisle) July 1, 2012
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Be patient:
Delmarva Power working around-the-clock to restore power. Of the 84,000 customers who lost power, more than 60%— 54,000 customers—restored.
— Delmarva Power (@DelmarvaConnect) July 1, 2012
BGE crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore service. More than 500 utility workers coming from FL, MS, MI, MA, TN, PA
— BGE (@MyBGE) July 1, 2012
231,689 customers restored. Call 1.877.778.2222 to report downed wires & outages.
— BGE (@MyBGE) July 1, 2012
Signing off of Twitter for the evening but crews are working overnight. Back first thing in AM with updates. Stay safe!
— Dominion Energy (@DominionEnergy) July 1, 2012
Heckuva time for a strike, eh?
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