"Hundreds of Brooklyn residents will have no power or heat through Monday morning as temperatures plunged into the single digits following a devastating outage that started late Saturday evening. Roughly 1,500 Con Ed customers in Brooklyn were still without power Sunday afternoon as technicians scrambled to patch outage hotspots amid a record-shattering cold snap over the weekend. The mercury dropped to 3 degrees in the city Sunday, with bitter wind chills dragging the real feel temperatures to 14 degrees below zero."
"Camilla, a 35-year-old DJ who lives in Bushwick, lost her heating Sunday afternoon and retreated to a nearby warming center. "I feel like we are in freaking Alaska. It's extremely cold indoors," she told The Post while bundled up in a puffer jacket. Camilla's two pet cats are with her for now as she rushes to find "emergency boarding for them." She said she plans to "wear all my clothes, put on all my layers" if she decides to sleep in her apartment Sunday night."
"Residents with electric heat were forced to brave the bone-chilling temps by either bundling up at home or seeking refuge with relatives or at one of the city's warming centers. Michael Murphy, a 60-year-old dad of two, said he's shelling out $477 for two nights at a hotel after losing heat. "We were going to stay with in-laws in Staten Island, but we thought, you know what, let's make this enjoyable," Murphy told The Post. "It's dark and cold.""
A widespread outage left roughly 1,500 Con Ed customers in Brooklyn without power and heat during a record cold snap, with Bushwick hardest hit. Temperatures fell to 3 degrees, and wind chills reached 14 degrees below zero. Con Ed initially aimed to restore service by 3 p.m. Sunday but later delayed restoration until 7 a.m. Monday. Residents with electric heating either bundled up at home, stayed with relatives, or went to warming centers. Some residents sought hotels, with one family paying $477 for two nights, while others scrambled to find emergency pet boarding. Technicians worked to patch outage hotspots across affected neighborhoods.
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