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1500 Perry Hall Customers Lose Power

A downed wire caused electrical problems in Perry Hall at around 5:30 p.m. Monday.

About 1500 business and residential customers lost power at about 5:30 p.m. Monday in the central Perry Hall area, extending to Seven Courts Drive, a Baltimore Gas and Electric Company official confirmed.

It was caused by a downed wire and power will likely be restored by about 7:30 p.m., the official said.

Fire crews responded to a downed wire and sparks in the 9500 block of Belair Road also at about 5:30 p.m., a fire official said. BGE, however, was unable to confirm the connection.

There were at least reported in Perry Hall and White Marsh over the weekend, which officials said were not weather related.

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Shirley Smith July 16, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Perry Hall Farms Condo also lost power for 3 hrs. on Sunday. No word on what caused that outage?
Rachel July 16, 2012 at 11:29 pm
We lost power for awhile early this afternoon too in Canterbury Apts. near White Marsh.
Anon July 16, 2012 at 11:54 pm
Everyday! Power was lost on Saturday morning at 6AM in the Hickoryhurst area, but nothing was said about that. BGE said we are aware and hope to have service restored by 10:00AM.
Judy Vicchio Dominick July 17, 2012 at 12:26 am
I am the one that called it in, we were eating dinner and all of sudden we heard a loud pop. My husband ran out side he thought it was our transformer outside of our house that was just replaced. Then we saw the wire on fire and smoking and we call the fire department,,
Mike Fisher July 17, 2012 at 01:31 am
I live on seven courts and we lose power randomly at least twice a week now. It really is time to start making solar panels more powerful and more affordable, it's time to, you know, advance as a society and civilization. The sun is an unlimited power source and never goes out. BG&E can't seem to keep the power on for a whole week anymore. I'd love to just get off the grid completely, TBH. Solar, windmills, an artificial hydroelectric device in my yard. Oh wait, I need more money for that... lol
Emily Kimball (Editor) July 17, 2012 at 04:16 am
Shirley, they told me it was a downed wire from a branch. I wrote about it here: Weekend Outages: Perry Hall Homes, White Marsh Macy's - http://patch.com/A-wfD9
carol burghauser July 17, 2012 at 11:34 am
I was in Baskin-Bobbins on Sunday afternoon when the power went out. You could
only use cash and there was limited flavors of ice cream to choose. I asked one worker if they were going to have a sale to get rid of some ice cream but no response. Too bad.
Grace B. July 17, 2012 at 01:53 pm
Losing power for us, in our neighborhood, is a regular event. Even on the clearest, calmest days, the power will go out for no reason. On the Saturday before Easter, as I was busy baking, our power went out for about an hour.
I got our stats from BGE two years ago. Between March and August of that year we had 11 outages, and the blizzard and tropical storm outages that year weren't even included. We've thought about investing in some solar panels, even just to cover those things that we would want to keep running during an outage. I think they would work better than the generator we now use, and probably be more cost efficient than a whole house generator. They would save us a little money throughout the year, and hopefully give some power to things when we have an outage. I'm just not sure it's worth the investment in a home that we want to sell.
Tracey July 17, 2012 at 03:19 pm
There are times when BGE has an outage planned, because of a known issue that they must repair. Anyone with a computer can plan ahead for some outages:
http://www.bge.com/customerservice/stormsoutages/pages/planned-outages.aspx
BD July 17, 2012 at 03:21 pm
Grace, my understanding is that if you have solar panels installed they are cut off during a power outage so no power can be sent out into the grid and injure the utility workers.
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My sister-in-law actually played with my nephew too Tim. Unlike EVERY OTHER single parent that wasRead More there. However, you can't tie your child to you. They came there to play. Bullies move very quick. When my nephew fell and was visibily scared, not a single parent except for one even noticed. Nobody from the library was in site. You are right that if parents were required to pay attention to their children then there would not be an opportunities for bullies because the parents of those bullies would be watching them also. When the group came from a religious school in Pikesville this is exactly what happened. All the parents stayed with their kids. All other parents, with little exception stayed in a waiting room talking amongst themselves paying little attention to their children. My nephew has been to all kinds of playgrounds and never been attacked by older kids before. Next time, if my nephew is attacked by an older child I will urge my brother to call the police and press charges against the parent. However, irreponsible Storyville need not worry -- won't be back there. Just wish our tax dollars weren't supporting this.
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