Fun & Games Sandy's Power Outages Over/Under

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  1. Nathan

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    #1 Nathan, Oct 29, 2012
    The news media is saying that there will be over 10 Million without power due to Sandy. I thought it would be fun to have an Over / Under thread going.

    So...

    What do you say, over or under 10 million and what do you think the total will be?

    I'm picking over and going with 12.5 million will be out of power in total.
     
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    #2 Mr. Jim, Oct 29, 2012
    Ill go under 6,660,000.....
     
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    #3 Steve, Oct 29, 2012
    Over: 14M
     
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    #4 agranger, Oct 29, 2012
    I'm having flashbacks to the old game show Card Sharks.

    Higher! Higher!!!!!

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    #5 Dave.0, Oct 29, 2012
    150 MILLION....but only if you watch Fox News.
     
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    #6 Jason Montague, Oct 29, 2012
    :cornut: Triple 6, how devilish of you.:D:Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
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    #7 AliceCooper, Oct 29, 2012
    My son is in Freehold New jersey and as of 5:00 Eastern he has no power. I am going to go with 11 million.
     
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    #8 Dave.0, Oct 29, 2012
    I still have power for now but lots of people around me don't.
     
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    #9 BRG_Paul, Oct 29, 2012
    Under .... 9.5M
     
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    #10 Nathan, Oct 29, 2012
    Weather Channel is reporting just over 3.1 million with no power so far at about 7:45 pm
     
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    #11 Dave.0, Oct 29, 2012
    The Dave.0 compound still has power and lots of beer.

    It's just a bunch of wind and water.
     
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    #12 Mr. Jim, Oct 29, 2012
    Power off at 5:30 just came back on now, 10:10, check that off again, back on....
     
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    #13 lotsie, Oct 30, 2012
    9,999,999
     
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    #14 Nathan, Oct 30, 2012
    Reports are stating there are just over 5 million out of power now.
     
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    #15 Dave.0, Oct 30, 2012
    Still have power with no outages.

    Anybody want some free leaves? I have lots of them.
     
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    #16 iwashmycar, Oct 30, 2012
    My power flickered while I was brushing my teeth :fingerscrossed:
     
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    #17 DneprDave, Oct 30, 2012
    It is never as bad as the media says it will be.

    Way less than 10 million.

    Dave
     
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    #18 iwashmycar, Oct 30, 2012
    Weather.com states over 8 million w/o power..... not sure I believe that one.
     
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    #19 oldvet53, Oct 30, 2012
    I saw on FOX NEWS this morning that a 4 ft. wall of water was flooding a subway. Lot's of fires and around a Million without power,gas,sewer or water.
     
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    #20 Steve, Oct 30, 2012
    I believe it, in fact I'm surprised (and glad) it isn't more.

    I didn't guess "over" (above 10M) based on anything the media said. When the Derecho wind storm came through here this July (or was it late June?) there were a million outages in DC and adjacent counties alone. I figured since this big thing was heading right at the heart of the NE corridor there would be a huge impact and many millions of outages possible.

    I'm glad to be proven wrong.
     
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