Northeast Ohio storms: More than 200,000 still without power after multiple tornadoes

The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that four EF-1 tornadoes touched down in Northeast Ohio on Tuesday afternoon as severe storms made their way through the area.
Across Northeast Ohio, more than 200,000 people are still without electricity, including more than 55,000 in Cleveland alone. More of 3News' team coverage: www.wkyc.com/a...

[@user-hp3uh6uu9w]

I don't care what anyone says. First energy should have reached out to other states for help when this first happened. For those of you who have power count yourself lucky.

[@Araphex]

They are getting help from other states. Several came over on Wednesday.

[@KyrahKnox-nd8zd]

Bro they said the power will be back in a week

[@KATHYBOYD-zv7ow]

NO SUCH THING AS LUCK BLESSED.

[@LearnToWin9638]

I think it might be time for government leaders to seriously make upgrading the electrical infrastructures a top priority because this major storms will only get worse and more destructive in the future. We need to better prepare and protect ourselves from future major natural disasters that hit our neighborhoods and cities like it did in this past few days. Be proactive and prepared in case of emergencies. Be safe 💯

[@philliphall5198]

Ok then vote for President Trump then 😮

[@BryanTorok]

It sure would be nice if CEI would provide a little more granularity about where they are working on restoring power and when those are can possibly expect power. The uncertainty is unnerving..

[@URRidikalus]

It takes time for tree crews to do the work. They are very tired, working 16hr shifts for a 7 days straight, it's very dangerous. Be patient.

[@keneminianjr5175]

I live in Parma in-between State Rd and Broadview and the power just came on 20 minutes ago!

[@MaryLowe-me6ep]

Niiice🤌

[@user-qm3jo9os7s]

@@keneminianjr5175 wonderful

[@BryanTorok]

Does anyone find it strange that a blind man with a white cane is complaining about the pitch black and not being able to find his way down the stairs and out of the building? And, why is it that nobody has a flashlight? Especially since that function is built into just about every cell phone made these days.

[@likwidshoe]

Maybe they were going on the legally blind definition.

[@giraffe1219]

Blindness is a spectrum. Most blind people have SOME vision, but it’s practically useless. Some people see through pinholes, some people can only perceive drastic contrasting shadows. Blind does not mean pure blackness or absolutely no vision at all.

[@BryanTorok]

@@giraffe1219 I do actually know that. I have a friend who is blind, but he can read a menu if he holds it about 3 inches away. He can see well enough to walk through a familiar area but to cross a parking lot he takes his wife's arm.

[@user-qm3jo9os7s]

@@BryanTorok yes I did think it strange.but he must be partially blind.i watched a little girl who was blind from birth.but always asked me to turn on the lights.she couldn't see people but could tell black from light grey they said.

[@Dr.HLecter]

Wow , just wow.

[@edwardkawecki8101]

Thanks to our great service department in Valley View they were able to work long hard hours to clear everything out of the way to allow the utilities to come through and put us back online this afternoon. Thank you Valley View employees service fire and police

[@user-qm3jo9os7s]

Everyone needs a 5 gallon bucket and a shovel in case power goes out and you have no toilet.get a oil lamp they are $10.00 in Walmart in the camping section.get solar path lights.charge them during the day bring them in at night.

[@likwidshoe]

A few charged lithium ion power bricks isn't a bad idea either. Get a solid one for 40 or 50 bucks that can charge multiple phones and flashlights. We had no power, but the cell phone system still worked. Those power bricks were a help.

[@christinebee9781]

We should not have to resort to such tactics. First Energy should have updated and reinforced the grid long ago. And I refuse to be a cheerleader for the workers. They are doing the jobs they chose.

[@Troubles0125]

@@christinebee9781 Hope you get up on the right side of the bed tomorrow be nice to people ...

[@Troubles0125]

I Thank the Lord for watching over me my house and yard nothing happened on my street lots of branches but some other part in Maple Hts they have no electricy I feel bad for everyone saying prayers...

[@hdtravel1]

This was a heck of a storm - people with wells and pumps don't have any water either without electricity - the endless hunt for public bathrooms

[@milmil6594]

Props to these power workers..its is frustrating but these workers are working tirelessly for us..we take electric for granted and only till you don't have it is when we start to appriciate it

[@TreyWaylifestyle]

East Cleveland st . Clair

[@cecedixon9377]

Cleveland Public Power still has power out with no updates for customers. No transparency or communication at all!

[@ccalexander1924]

I’m in Westlake and mine went off Thursday at 10 am. I can’t figure out why since I had it Tuesday and wed . What’s up with that 🙄

[@juliuscaesart]

Depends on the grid I guess. I heard some people off of Dover Center do and don’t…

[@krazykozey2259]

We had a Tropical storm Hurricane tear Florida up and all of Florida is back on besides flattened areas of 1700 homes. Wtf first energy 😂😂.

[@evrbody]

Florida is accustomed to weather like this, so they're better prepared.

[@2_Door_Tee]

This ridiculous , we still without power , they should be better prepared for this . Then we still may have to wait all the way until Wednesday to maybe have power smh

[@mikeyd5969]

Thank goodness for Generac

[@philliphall5198]

It’s a IQ test, lots failed 😢😢😢

[@Felyne1987]

Power is back up for us here in Lakewood - (between Clifton Blvd & Nicholson)

[@davidbryant1606]

So we can't even donate plasma here right now I'd say about 60 percent of the city is without power

[@mathsarecool]

At least the power company in Cleveland is better than Houston’s 😐

[@kennyalwaysdies1]

we got our power back finally after 2 days. the first time in a year and a half we come here and visit my grandma, a storm fucks us all over. but oh well, we got our power back sooner than others thankfully

[@Mrz-bq2yb]

It took Mike Dewine 3 days to release a statement, what a fucking joke.

[@logan7156]

Is ohio still without power?

[@likwidshoe]

2 and a half minutes in, they said, "so many vulnerable people left in the dark as they wait for the light, like this blind man". WHAT?! Hahahaha. Okay.

[@ivanlopezlopez952]

How's everything in Ohio?

[@Mr_badjoke]

When that's you're spokeswoman....U kno u in that midwest homie😂

[@philliphall5198]

I’m really surprised you’ll don’t all have generators 😢😢😢

[@diablowh]

you’re out of touch

[@toms7219]

Make my house payment this month n I'll go get one

[@philliphall5198]

I have a generator for the well , one for AC and one for fig and freeze All of them were junk and I fixed them 😊😊😊

[@farajaraf]

Stop reporting 75% of your news for neighboring counties. We need Cleveland news not suburban sprawl news!

[@likwidshoe]

It's Cleveland area and they're reporting an area of millions versus a city of hundreds of thousands.

[@Scottietatar89510]

I have tree in my backyard that is bigger than the backyard Rip to my trampoline though

[@Dr.HLecter]

What climate change, lol, this happens all the time..

[@LadieKadie]

We’ve had worse in Ohio. It is the season.

[@likwidshoe]

Climate always changes.

[@miked7011]

Do you believe in physics? If you don't believe in physics you're not worth my time because I won't try to prove physical laws to a wannabee sorcerer. If you do believe in physics I can lay down a concrete argument based on recorded phenomena of how light energy interacts with atmospheric CO2. In short, high frequency light (light with more energy, a more frequent and shorter wavelength) passes easily through CO2 without losing much energy, whereas low frequency light is more likely to be absorbed directly by CO2 as thermal energy, or to bounce off of a layer of CO2 and be reflected. It has been proved in labs that CO2 behaves this way when it interacts with light. Low frequency light is absorbed or reflected at a much higher rate than high frequency light. High frequency light from the sun enters earth's atmosphere from space, a small portion of that light energy is absorbed by atmospheric molecules into heat, lowering the overall average frequency of the light energy. A large portion of the light energy hits the earth surface, where a lot of it is absorbed as heat (and used to perform photosynthesis or charge solar cells, for instance) the light energy which is reflected off of the earth surface has a lower frequency. Remember, the higher the frequency the higher the energy, light hitting earth's surface deposits some of its energy into the earth as heat, so leaves with a lower frequency. This low frequency light struggles to get past atmospheric CO2, as discussed earlier. This causes the greenhouse effect, the greater the concentration of atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gasses (methane, for example), the less energy escapes to outer space and the greater the warming effect. The question, scientifically, is not whether it happens (we know it does from shooting light at CO2 and watching what happens), but the following questions: what are trends in atmospheric CO2 levels? How much of an affect does this trapping of light energy have on the overall amount of thermal energy in the planetary system? NASA and climatologists have done a lot of science on this, and we can see increases in both atmospheric carbon levels and temperatures starting from the industrial era. The earth is a huge system with a lot of variables, and correlation does not equal causation, however, we do know according to the physical evidence of interactions between CO2 and light that having more CO2 in the atmosphere WILL DEFINITIVELY increase the temperature of the system. The question, is to what extent. Physicists, chemists, ecologists, meteorologists, and archaeologists (not to mention climatologists) have put together a remarkably strong case for anthropogenic (man-made) global warming. I can provide the evidence for it in greater detail upon request.

[@Dr.HLecter]

@@miked7011 I knew it, knew I would unrock one. I'm going to drive off the end of the world now.

[@likwidshoe]

@@miked7011 CO2 is a lagging indicator. It's weak compared to methane and water vapor. The big cause is the sun and magnetic field. You're not mitigating that.