Ike has made a mess of our region. Our yard is full of debris, the roof and gutters full too, but we are relatively unscathed. The neighbor had one giant tree fall and another split in half. We drive around and neighborhoods are littered with giant branches and beautiful old trees are destroyed or disfigured. Many, many people around us are without power. But we have power. We only lost internet for a day. Our friends and colleages are not as fortunate, and many many people are truly suffering through this. We are praying for them and especially for those in Texas. We can only imagine how awful this has been for them, especially the elderly and those with small children. For us it is only a nuisance, for some life will never be the same.
CINCINNATI (AP) - Officials urged patience Wednesday on the part of Midwesterners waiting for power to be restored as crews worked feverishly to clean up the soggy mess left by the deadly remnants of Hurricane Ike over the weekend.
Ohio utilities reported nearly 900,000 homes and businesses still without power, down from 2.6 million after the storm Sunday. More than 300,000 customers still lacked power Wednesday in Kentucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania.
Utilities hope to restore power for most people by Thursday, but some could be in the dark until the weekend.
Power restoration has been delayed because damage from the hurricane-force winds was unprecedented for much of the region and required help from crews in other states, utilities said. In some cases, Ohio-based crews were recalled from Southern states after being sent to help with Ike's aftermath along the Gulf Coast.
"It brought down entire trees, poles and wires, and it's requiring us to rebuild entire sections of our system," said Ellen Raines, spokeswoman for the Ohio utility FirstEnergy. "There really isn't anything you could do as a utility to prevent that."
In the meantime, officials asked residents to avoid downed power lines, throw out spoiled food and use battery-powered lights instead of candles to decrease the risk of illness and injury.
Ike has made a mess of our region. Our yard is full of debris, the roof and gutters full too, but we are relatively unscathed. The neighbor had one giant tree fall and another split in half. We drive around and neighborhoods are littered with giant branches and beautiful old trees are destroyed or disfigured. Many, many people around us are without power. But we have power. We only lost internet for a day. Our friends and colleages are not as fortunate, and many many people are truly suffering through this. We are praying for them and especially for those in Texas. We can only imagine how awful this has been for them, especially the elderly and those with small children. For us it is only a nuisance, for some life will never be the same.
CINCINNATI (AP) - Officials urged patience Wednesday on the part of Midwesterners waiting for power to be restored as crews worked feverishly to clean up the soggy mess left by the deadly remnants of Hurricane Ike over the weekend.
Ohio utilities reported nearly 900,000 homes and businesses still without power, down from 2.6 million after the storm Sunday. More than 300,000 customers still lacked power Wednesday in Kentucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania.
Utilities hope to restore power for most people by Thursday, but some could be in the dark until the weekend.
Power restoration has been delayed because damage from the hurricane-force winds was unprecedented for much of the region and required help from crews in other states, utilities said. In some cases, Ohio-based crews were recalled from Southern states after being sent to help with Ike's aftermath along the Gulf Coast.
"It brought down entire trees, poles and wires, and it's requiring us to rebuild entire sections of our system," said Ellen Raines, spokeswoman for the Ohio utility FirstEnergy. "There really isn't anything you could do as a utility to prevent that."
In the meantime, officials asked residents to avoid downed power lines, throw out spoiled food and use battery-powered lights instead of candles to decrease the risk of illness and injury.
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