Updated 12 p.m. to include residents accounts stating a timeline of Nov. 3 - Nov. 9
According to PSE&G, power will be restored by Nov. 5, residents are now reporting that when they log into their accounts PSE&G states Nov. 3, 5, or 9.
On the PSE&G Twitter page, the company is informing residents they cannot give an exact time for each town.
In an article on the PSE&G website, they quote, "this is not an average storm."
They note in usual circumstances they can be more specific with when power will be restored, but the damge of Hurricane Sandy were unprecedented.
Even PSE&G locations were flooded and damaged adding to the difficulties.
By reporting outages, you can sign up for a phone call with an estimated time of restoration, report the outage by calling 8004367734 or online at http://www.pseg.com/myaccount.
Here is the article provided by PSE&G, "Why is everyone being told power won't be back until November 5th?"
PSE&G Outages Map are stll reporting 5,001-10,000 without power in Scotch Plains and 2,001-5,000 without power in Fanwood.
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VOTING ON TUESDAY, NOV. 6 At this time, voting on Election Day will proceed at the usual places. YOU MAY VOTE EARLY, THROUGH MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 3:00 PM, BY GOING IN PERSON TO THE UNION COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE IN WESTFIELD (300 NORTH AVENUE EAST, ACROSS FROM THE WESTFIELD DINER). ANY REGISTERED VOTER CAN FILL OUT A VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOT AND CAST IT ON THE SPOT. THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN SATURDAY, NOV. 3, 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM, SUNDAY, NOV. 4, 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND MONDAY, NOV. 5, 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM. YOU MUST ALREADY BE A REGISTERED VOTER!