power outages

As we move into Christmas day the temperatures will climb, the rain will get heavier and the winds will begin to blow.

I have family in the linesman trade and it's something I always here people complaining about.

It's something that most of us here in Maine have come to love- a good old fashioned summer thunderstorm.

After hundreds of thousands of Mainers just got their power back after days without, experts say it's time to brace for another likely scenario of widespread outages

Peak wind gusts by Friday morning could be close to 50 mph here in Augusta, so be prepared and be careful.

With many traveling this weekend ahead of Christmas, this is probably the worst possible time for outages like this.

One year after the wind storm that knocked out power to almost half a million people, questions are being asked about what how we can stop that from happening in the future.

Not only are these furry things all over the roads this year, now they're making the power flicker across the state. Have you noticed this?!

CMP gets big credit from me on ice storm related stuff. They learned many lessons in the Ice Storm of 98. As of about 3am Dec 23,  CMP was reporting a total of 226 outages in their total service area. CMP does a great job of letting us know where the outages are. Check out the CMP Outage Information page right here.