Maine Weather

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Severe thunderstorms that hit southern Maine this afternoon and tonight has
played havoc with broadcasters.  Many radio stations were off the air and the
Time-Warner Cable System that serves Greater Portalnd was also down.  All of
Saga's stations were off the air at times and WMGX went off at 5:00 pm and was
still off the air as of 9:30 pm.  The station was expected to be back on soon.
WMGX was one of the few stations that did not go off the air at all during the
ice storm in January.

The studios of WGME-TV at Northport Plaza in the North Deering section of
Portland are without power and running on generators.  (WTHT is in the same
building so I assume the same is true for them.)  Doug Rafferty did the 11:00
pm news without a jacket because the generator could not power the air
conditioning and it was 93 degrees under the lights in the studio.

Dan Billings
Bowdoinham, Maine
Never without power in this storm

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