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LIPA: 'We are prepared' to handle Hurricane Earl
Photo credit: Getty/Handout | In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Earl (L) moves through the Atlantic Ocean toward the U.S. coast as Tropical Storm Fiona follows behind at 2:15 pm (EST) on September 2, 2010.
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Bracing for a possible 100,000 or more electrical outages from Hurricane Earl's outlying winds and rain, the Long Island Power Authority has brought in hundreds of line crews and tree trimmers from out of state to back up its local workers.
By late afternoon Thursday, utility trucks from as far away as Michigan were gathered at a staging area in Roslyn, said LIPA chief executive Kevin Law.
"We...
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