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By Kathy Antoniotti and Katie Byard
Beacon Journal online journalists
POSTED: 05:14 p.m. EST, Mar 05, 2008
The overnight ice storm that led to widely scattered power outages in the region continued to cause problems this afternoon, FirstEnergy said today.
''It's just an ongoing storm. The problems will continue the longer the ice remains on the trees and wires,'' said FirstEnergy spokesman Chris Eck.
However, the outage numbers were down by the afternoon, Eck said.
About 600 customers in the Akron area were still without power from a morning high of about 13,000, Eck said. Two hundred customers in northern Summit County continued to be without power this afternoon.
The American Red Cross of Portage County said it will open a shelter at Southeast High School, 8423 Tallmadge Rd., Ravenna, at 7 p.m. for anyone who needs a place to stay as a result of the power outages. About 800 FirstEnergy customers in the county still don't have power, Eck said.
Hartville, in northern Stark County, has about 5,400 homes and businesses that were still without power this afternoon.
FirstEnergy crews were expected to restore power to all affected customers in the area by midnight.
Mark Durbin, a spokesman for the Akron-based utility, said this morning that the outages weren't blanketing big swaths of the area. Rather, he said, ''the storm hit pretty hard'' in ''quite a few locations.''
It will take a while for crews to respond to all affected areas. ''The ice was terrible,'' Durbin said.
Ashtabula County is ''easily, the hardest hit area,'' where nine big transmission lines were down, Eck said.
Electricity may not be restored to all affected areas of Ashtabula until sometime tomorrow. About 42,000 customers remained without power in Ashtabula by this afternoon.
Employees from FirstEnergy operating companies Toledo Edison and Met-Ed in Pennsylvania were called to help local crews.
At the peak of the outages, about 100,000 FirstEnergy customers in Northeast Ohio were without electricity.
Durbin urged customers to call the utility to report outages and not depend on a neighbor to do so.
''You might be the only one on the street who doesn't have power ... that's one thing we depend on — the customers to call in.''
Affected customers should call 888-544-4877.
Slick roads in Akron apparently played a role in several fender benders during this morning's rush hour, with one vehicle crashing into Greater Bethel Baptist Church at 400 S. Arlington St.
The Rev. Melford Elliott, senior pastor of the church, said this afternoon that the vehicle had damaged a downspout. The accident occurred around 7:50 a.m., police said. There were no reports of injuries.
The overnight ice storm that led to widely scattered power outages in the region continued to cause problems this afternoon, FirstEnergy said today.
''It's just an ongoing storm. The problems will continue the longer the ice remains on the trees and wires,'' said FirstEnergy spokesman Chris Eck.
However, the outage numbers were down by the afternoon, Eck said.
About 600 customers in the Akron area were still without power from a morning high of about 13,000, Eck said. Two hundred customers in northern Summit County continued to be without power this afternoon.
The American Red Cross of Portage County said it will open a shelter at Southeast High School, 8423 Tallmadge Rd., Ravenna, at 7 p.m. for anyone who needs a place to stay as a result of the power outages. About 800 FirstEnergy customers in the county still don't have power, Eck said.
Hartville, in northern Stark County, has about 5,400 homes and businesses that were still without power this afternoon.
FirstEnergy crews were expected to restore power to all affected customers in the area by midnight.
Mark Durbin, a spokesman for the Akron-based utility, said this morning that the outages weren't blanketing big swaths of the area. Rather, he said, ''the storm hit pretty hard'' in ''quite a few locations.''
It will take a while for crews to respond to all affected areas. ''The ice was terrible,'' Durbin said.
Ashtabula County is ''easily, the hardest hit area,'' where nine big transmission lines were down, Eck said.
Electricity may not be restored to all affected areas of Ashtabula until sometime tomorrow. About 42,000 customers remained without power in Ashtabula by this afternoon.
Employees from FirstEnergy operating companies Toledo Edison and Met-Ed in Pennsylvania were called to help local crews.
At the peak of the outages, about 100,000 FirstEnergy customers in Northeast Ohio were without electricity.
Durbin urged customers to call the utility to report outages and not depend on a neighbor to do so.
''You might be the only one on the street who doesn't have power ... that's one thing we depend on — the customers to call in.''
Affected customers should call 888-544-4877.
Slick roads in Akron apparently played a role in several fender benders during this morning's rush hour, with one vehicle crashing into Greater Bethel Baptist Church at 400 S. Arlington St.
The Rev. Melford Elliott, senior pastor of the church, said this afternoon that the vehicle had damaged a downspout. The accident occurred around 7:50 a.m., police said. There were no reports of injuries.
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