New York power company gets ready for high winds on Thanksgiving

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ConEdison is warning customers in New York about high winds forecasted for the area

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People walk past snow-covered cars parked as a plow clears roadways at Denver International Airport on November 26, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. Joe Mahoney/Getty Images An estimated 20 million people may face brutal weather as they travel this Thanksgiving, but they won't be alone., starting with the Great Appalachian Storm in 1950 through the Thanksgiving Day storm that hit New York just 5 years ago.During Thanksgiving weekend in 1950, a storm rolled into the Appalachian Mountains bringing piles of snow with it.

The storm is considered one of the worst wind events ever recorded: Winds gusted up to 160 mph on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, and 160 people died in the storm by the time it was over.Albany, New York took a major punch on Thanksgiving 1971. The area accumulated 22.5 inches of snow — the greatest November snowfall on record.

. Wind speeds reached up to 36 mph and temperatures fell into the teens and low 20's across the area.This white Thanksgiving storm dropped nine inches of snow over Long Island, New York and up to 14 inches in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It started in the Carolinas and then blanketed the Mid-Atlantic Coast and New England in heavy snow,A nor'easter was the culprit of this Thanksgiving storm in 2014. In Albany, New York, 10.

 

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