Morris County still dealing with power outages day after storm
MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. (PIX11) -- More than 24 hours after the storm, Morris County, N.J. families are still dealing with outages.
AIR11 captured several crews today working on restoring power around Hanover Township.
PIX11 News caught up with Lisa Malleo and her family as she and her family were getting ready to turn on her generator.
“There was a super strong wind that came through here that split the tree in half; if you can see the wires now, it just took all those wires; the branch was in the road,” Malleo said.
It happened on Parsippany Road and Washington Avenue, knocking the power out of many people in the area.
“It’s very difficult to work in the dark, and it’s hot,” said Angela Manuzzi, owner of Johnny’s Pizzeria.
She stopped by the restaurant for the second time today. Due to the power outages this morning, she had to close the business and send her employees home.
“We may have to throw some food out,” she said.
Traffic lights were out throughout the town, and police officers were directing traffic. The customer grew frustrated when they got an updated text message from JCP&L.
“First, they told us 4:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday), now they are telling us 7 p.m. tomorrow (Friday),” said Malleo.
Christopher Hoenig, a JCP&L spokesperson and a representative for the power company, said hundreds of damaged locations are throughout the company's northern New Jersey service territory.
“It's very labor intensive and time-consuming repairs that are needed to repair each of these individual outages,” Hoenig said.
Since the first outage was reported last night, they have restored the power to 85% of their customers. However, those still impacted may have to wait until the weekend.
“We do anticipate that outages will last into tomorrow, into Saturdays in some cases,” Hoenig said.
“I know they had a lot of problems yesterday; they are doing the best they can,” Eileen Sautter, also affected by the power outages, added.