Power Outages Continue Days After Irene

Sunday morning people were lined up outside the Village at Waugh Chapel Chipotle waiting for the restaurant to open at 11 a.m.

The eatery, along with most of the other shops were, open for business Sunday. Atlanta Bread Company was packed with customers. Many of who held conversations about having no power at their homes around Crofton and Gambrills.

Monday power was off at the majority of shops at the Village at Waugh Chapel.

A portable generator ran outside the Smoothie King.

One business owner told Crofton Patch the power at the shopping center had been off since 1 a.m.

Driving along Route 3 (Crain Highway), businesses between the Interstate 97 interchange and Maryland 450 (Annapolis Road) were also without power.

Monday Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and Gov. Martin O’Malley said more than 450,000 households across the state experienced power outages. MEMA officials said the power outages could last until Friday as local utilitiy companies work to restore service.

Crofton Town Manager Larry Schweinsburg .

“[We] still have not seen any sign of electric power repair work in Crofton area. Maybe I have missed something. Interestingly, it appears that more homes are without power now! Power was interrupted hours after the storm was gone!” Schweinsburg wrote.

“Apparently BGE is directing resources to other locations. County crews have been doing great work with clean up effort,” Schweinsburg wrote.

In the interim, Crofton town employees have been working to remove debris around the area.

“Our CCA (Crofton Civic Association) maintenance foreman has also been working hard. Town Hall has received no information about anticipated time for restoration of power. Good luck everyone,” Schweinsburg wrote.

Your Comments From The Crofton Patch Facebook Page:

Denise Doerr Woodring – “Kmart in Crofton is closed--no power.”

Lynne Kelley – “OPEN! CVS CROFTON RUNNING ON BACK UP GENERATOR!”

David Paddy – “Bruster's Real Ice Cream and all the businesses in Carver Center don't have power. What happened at Waugh Chapel, they had power yesterday?”

Rebecca Finifter Wrotny – “I has a pediatrician apt today without power also in Waugh chapel... Annapolis pediatrics”

Amber Boswell – “Waugh chapel has no power until you hit strawberry lake way & chapel gate) from there on has power towards blooms… All the stores in Waugh chapel had there signs light so I think there all restored.”

Shawn Jegede – “Tried to take the children for kids meals at McDonald's on route 3 tonight. It wasn't pretty when my 4 and 5 year old realized it was closed. Ugh”

Lisa Houser – “Mi Casita was STILL out of power yesterday lunch-time @ Staples Corner. :( Crab Shack on 450 was open but taking Cash Only.”

April Wainwright - "No power for us in Crofton (on Wilkshire- although the people across the street from us have power) as of 6pm tonight when my husband stopped by to check."

Karts Huseonica - "We must review our power assests, delivery methodologies, and response guidelines. There are some things that simply make no sense to us. Especially since Hurricane Irene was a minimual hurricane.... can you imagine what a powerful hurricane would have done!? We need to keep this issue on our radars before the next big storm appears on our radars. Karen & Art H."

Are you still in the dark? Where do you see power outages around Crofton and Gambrills?