mem_somerville

If you want to watch how the power outages in Massachusetts pile up, this site (I know, not secure) is where I watch them.

So far, not much. #Blizzard

#MEMA is the MA emergency management agency (also known as "the bunkah").

http://mema.mapsonline.net/public.html

Feb 23 at 2:02amWeb
Show threadElizabeth AlcinoeFeb 23
@mem_somerville I'm not looking forward to this...
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffFeb 23
@mem_somerville Seems to be out of date already...
Show threadmem_somervilleFeb 23
@wcbdata I was just trying to load it too. Weird. If MEMA is down....zoiks
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffFeb 23

@mem_somerville Someone call MEMAEMA!

*Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Emergency Management Agency

Show threadknizerFeb 23
@mem_somerville
at 10am EST, I got the site to load, 18991 in #massachusetts without power.
Show threadmem_somervilleFeb 23

@knizer MEMA map just loaded for me at 11am.

275202
customers without power as of
2/23/2026 10:55:19 AM

Show threadTed AronsonFeb 23
@mem_somerville @knizer my mom has friends who live full time on the shore in Eastham and it's gotta suuuuuuuck to be out there.
Show threadmem_somervilleFeb 23
@ted @knizer Maybe for a few days too. it's bad.
Show threadSteve GisselbrechtFeb 23

@mem_somerville @knizer

At the moment, it seems that no one in Wellfleet, Truro, or Provincetown has power.

Show threadknizerFeb 23
@stevegis_ssg @mem_somerville yeah updated to 284,491 without power, as of noon. the cape is hard hit. #MAwx
Show threadknizerFeb 24
@stevegis_ssg @mem_somerville 10am the day after, 250k+ still w/o power in #Massachusetts #MAwx #boston
Show threadmem_somervilleFeb 24

@knizer @stevegis_ssg And the people worst affected were under travel ban, so they couldn't get to hotels or friends homes.

I hope things get better quickly today.

Show threadknizerFeb 24
@mem_somerville @stevegis_ssg and 19k in #RhodeIsland per https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2026/02/23/power-outage-map-massachusetts-rhode-island-new-hampshire/ #RIwx #MAwx
Map: Here’s where power outages are being reported in Mass., R.I., N.H.

Power outages impacted hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents due to the blizzard. The Cape and Islands were especially hard-hit.

Boston.com
Show threadknizerFeb 24

@mem_somerville @stevegis_ssg
historically, after Big Storms, power restoration crews would flock to the places worst hit, sometimes traveling hundreds of miles.

I wonder if there's a story to be told of whether Canadian crews have been/will be requested for this blizzard, and if they were willing to come, given the current us administration's ongoing and egregious disrespect toward our northern neighbors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUPK-HeIdhg #AtlanticCanada #blizzard

How Canadians are helping restore power in U.S. after Hurricane Helene

YouTube
Show threadmem_somervilleFeb 24
@knizer @stevegis_ssg I think during the Governor's update I heard that crews from both NY and Canada were around.
Show threadSteve GisselbrechtFeb 24

@knizer @mem_somerville

Ooof, yeah, the whole Outer Cape is still saying 100% of customers without power.