The Daily Numbers: 420,000 people in the Philadelphia region still without power after yesterday’s ice storm.
620,000 without power at the peak of the outage yesterday.
46,317 without power in Delaware County this morning.
130,226 in dark in Chester County.
125,065 in Montgomery County.
111,671 in Bucks County.
80 percent of PECO customers in Chester County were without power at some point yesterday.
3,500 PECO workers who are working to restore power.
1,000 more joining the effort today, some from a sister utility in Chicago.
183 people who sought shelter at 5 sites set up by American Red Cross yesterday.
33 million dollar proposed expansion of Delaware County Technical School in Aston that was subject of packed meeting.
3 hours of testimony, with many residents speaking up to oppose the plan.
400 students currently at the facility. That would double to 800 as the county Intermediate Unit consolidates units in Aston, including their Head Start program, Career Technical school and the alternative school.
2 million dollars a year, how much the IU says it can save by consolidating its campuses.
70,000 square feet in the current building. That would grow to 160,000 square feet under the plan.
500 incidents reported to Collingdale police involving kids from the alternative school, currently located in the borough.
75 years being celebrated by the IBEW Union Local 654 in Upper Chichester.
6.9 percent unemployment rate in Pa., lowest it has been in 5 years.
1 man shot and killed in Chester Tuesday night.
5 homicides in Delco so far in 2014; 4 of them have been in Chester. All of them committed with a firearm.
5 million dollar settlement for a man who sued after his relatives tipped over a portable toilet with him inside.
8.7 percent dip in revenue from Pa. slot machines in January as opposed to last year.
171.8 million raked in this January by slots.
16 percent dip in slots play for Harrah’s in Chester.
4 people being held in New York in connection with the OD death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
5 point dip for stock market yesterday.
2 billion hit for CVS stores as they decided to halt sales of all tobacco products.
1,299 points for Haverford College senior Nina Voith to set all-time school girl’s mark.
15 straight wins for St. Louis. Last night they topped Saint Joe’s, 65-49.
79-67 loss for La Salle at hands of UMass.
4 straight losses for the Sixers.
14 of their last 17 they have now dropped after last night’s 114-108 setback.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Raise your hand if you find something distasteful about George Zimmerman taking part in a celebrity fight vs. rapper DMX. Yeah, me too. And it didn’t help that they announced it on what would have been Trayvon Martin’s birthday.
I Don’t Get It: The forecast is calling for two more possible shots of snow this weekend. Swell.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to those crews out there trying to restore power to more than 600,000 people rocked by yesterday’s massive ice storm.
Quote Box: “We feel like this is being jammed down our throats.”
- Aston resident George Luttrell, on plans to consolidate Delco IU schools at their Aston location.
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