So, I’m awakened this morning bright and early by the sound of leaf blowers and tree shredders.

The sounds of recovery never sounded so good.

PSE&G crews were busy working on the lines a couple of blocks away. They had to install new poles and then restring and had been working at 9pm when I drove past. Wonder how far along they are this morning.

We’re talking about a 500 foot stretch of line btw. They’re more than 24 hours on that segment.

That might get a few hundred homes back on - or 50. I’m not really sure. But when you multiply that by the thousands of trees down on lines and the thousands of poles that need to be replaced and restrung, you begin to get an idea of the magnitude of the damage to the power utilities here.