Crime & Safety

Tell Us: How Many Days Are You Without Power?

Let us know how you're coping.

LIPA's initial goal to restore power to 90 percent of Long Islanders by Wed. 11 p.m., has been pushed to Nov. 11.

For those coping without power, that date most likely can't come soon enough. 

"My mother has been out since Monday," wrote one reader. "She is 74 and refused to leave her home."

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Meanwhile, families are reporting that they, their children and their elderly relatives are getting sick. Some say their homes are below 50 degrees.

Does your street have power? Do you know of blocks still in the dark? Trees that need clearing? How are you and your family coping?

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