Our local power company has released a robocall to all possible customers saying that we should "be prepared" for power outages lasting several days. They have 150 crews on standby, and requests for up to 600 crews from neighboring states outside the storm's immediate reach.

However, a report about an hour ago said predictions of overall strength of the storm were being revised 'slightly' downward....but with warnings not to assume this will be easy, because it is a very LARGE storm and will bring extreme rainfall.