No power sign of the time
“Cerrado Por No Electricidad” was the sign of the times on the east side of Port Chester’s lower North Main Street this morning. No one knew when the power would come back.
Only one restaurant indicated it may be open for dinner “tonight” once its air conditioning was repaired. There was no knowing when that sign went up, during the weekend heat wave possibly.
“All is with the power, so we can’t do anything,” Andrea Schanda said. The employee at Delgado Travel, 27 North Main St., could only sell Equadoran newspapers to people who came in to cash checks, the real business of the agency. None of the cash drawers could even be opened. Regular customers would have to find another place to get cash or travel to Yonkers or the
Bronx for another Delgado business, Schanda explained.
She had no idea when the power would be back. Con Edison was repairing some tower, she said.
A loud voice could be heard emanating from Patrias Restaurant at 35 1/2 North Main St. Yvon Rodriguez said her boss was on the phone with Con Edison.
“I just did my buying,” Mariano Az, the owner of Patrias, said. He estimates he has lost $3,000 to 4,000 in food since the power went out at 11 p.m. Tuesday.
“We don’t have any information,” he said about when power would be restored. He was on his way to Connecticut to buy a generator.
“Everywhere is out (of generators),” he said. “In the Bronx, no more, in Queens, no more.”
Anniemae Green, 70, of 29 North Main St., was not worried about her food. “The girl put ice in the freezer and it’s still there. I ain’t got as much as [the restaurants] have. I bought the ice to eat because we don’t have no cold water.”
She grinned, saying she was comfortable in her walk-up apartment.
July 20th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
I live right off of North Main Street in Port Chester. It is Thursday evening and we still dont have any electricity. The road is blocked by downed power lines. My mother is elderaly and suffered from a stroke 4 years ago. I think Con Ed should be working on this already because of My mother’s situation or with any elderly senior citizens.