The first storm of the winter was a doozy, dropping as much as 15 inches of heavy, wet snow on Gilboa and Conesville Thursday into Friday, taking down dozens of trees, and leaving more than 21,966 customers in NYSEG’s Oneonta Region without power.
County EMS used reverse-911 to call Gilboa and Conesville residents, alerting them that the Conesville Fire House was open as a warming shelter during the multi-day event.
There was also water and dry ice available at the FD.
The Jefferson Fire Department was also opened as a warming shelter.
What started out as rain changed to snow in the higher elevations beginning at about 1pm Thursday; by morning, Summit was reporting more than a foot of snow and in Gilboa, branches and trees littered yards and roads.
Sunday, NYSEG reported after working overnight, approximately 9,700 customers remained without power—down from 116,000 on Friday.
NYSEG anticipated having all service restored by the end of the day Sunday.
A wintery mix is in the forecast for Thursday, Thanksgiving, with snow also expected Friday.