🌱 How many New Cumberland homes lost power in tonight’s severe storms?
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min readHello New Cumberland! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How many New Cumberland homes lost power in tonight’s severe storms?
- Why New Cumberland’s fire chief calls local fire service funding a ‘crisis’.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 92 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Sunny, hot and less humid, temps: high: 90, low: 65.
- Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Thousands without power after severe storms roll through central Pennsylvania (abc27.com) — Thousands of PPL customers in New Cumberland borough lost electricity this evening after severe thunderstorms swept through central Pennsylvania, with 1,730 local accounts affected. Cumberland, Perry, Dauphin, Juniata, and York counties also saw widespread outages, and utilities are still assessing damage and restoration timelines. Residents should prepare for extended interruptions as this developing situation unfolds. 
• Pa. fire chiefs say equipment costs, volunteer shortages have put service in ‘crisis' (pennlive.com) — New Cumberland’s fire chief says the department is delaying purchase of a badly needed fire truck until it knows whether state grant money will come through, underscoring a wider crisis in fire service funding and volunteers. Chiefs from across Pennsylvania describe soaring apparatus prices, long delivery times, and shrinking volunteer ranks, while lawmakers debate new grant programs and possible investigations into manufacturers.
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🗞 Nearby News
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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