Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Under Prolonged Heat Advisory: Latest Update
PITTSBURGH, PA — With heat index values of as high as 104 expected for at least the next several days, the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania from 11 a.m. Monday until 8 p.m. Friday.
The prolonged hot temperatures and high humidity levels could trigger heat-related illnesses, the weather service warns. The high temperature is expected to be 97 Monday through Wednesday and 98 on Thursday and Friday.
With the dangerous heat on the way, the city of Pittsburgh will have cooling centers open all week.
Now that we’re closing in on the heat wave, the Watch has turned into a Heat Advisory. Please take precautions if you’re outside this week, and check on those that are most vulnerable. pic.twitter.com/m0ZVYdEHvV
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) June 17, 2024
Duquesne Light Company is advising customer to be prepared for potential power outages this week because of the anticipated additional stress on the system and equipment. The utility has increased staffing to ensure that any outages are responded to as quickly as possible.
When outages are widespread throughout the area, DLC prioritizes restoration in this order:
- Public safety hazards.
- Public health and safety facilities.
- Major circuits.
- Small neighborhoods and individual homes.
Customers who experience an outage can report it on DuquesneLight.com or through the company’s free mobile app. Those without internet access can report an outage by calling 888-393-7100.
Pennsylvania
The town that saved Christmas, Wellsboro Pa.
Pennsylvania
Trump Tells Child on Santa Hotline, ‘We Won Pennsylvania… Three Times’
President Donald Trump took Christmas Eve calls from children inquiring as to the whereabouts of Santa Claus, according to NORAD’s “Santa Tracker.” At one point, he fielded a call from a child in Pennsylvania, and it went as one might expect.
Trump spoke to the children on speakerphone in front of cameras and was connected with a five-year-old boy and his mother in State College.
“Pennsylvania’s great,” Trump told the boy. “We won Pennsylvania, actually, three times. We won Pennsylvania. We won it in a landslide, so I love Pennsylvania.”
The president won the state in 2016 and 2024, but lost it in 2020, when he baselessly claimed that voter fraud occurred in the state and elsewhere.
The president told the child that, according to NORAD’s “Santa Tracker,” which somehow escaped the DOGE cuts, Old Saint Nick was in Copenhagen and heading to the U.S.
“What would you like from Santa?” Trump asked.
The child responded with what sounded like “a 3-D pen” before listing two unintelligible items, “and a robot.”
“Well, you’ll get all of it,” the president replied, leaving Mom out to dry. “Mom, I think he’s gonna get all of it, don’t you think, from Santa?”
“I think so,” the woman replied. “He was really good.”
Trump told the boy, “When you wake up in the morning, you’re gonna be the happiest young man.”
In 2018, Trump famously took a Christmas Eve call from a seven-year-old and asked, “Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven it’s marginal, right?”
Watch above via C-SPAN.
Pennsylvania
Christmas Eve fire damages multiple homes in Chester, Delaware County
CHESTER, Pa. (WPVI) — A fire that tore through four rowhomes in Chester on Christmas Eve displaced eight people and killed one cat, officials said.
The fire broke out minutes before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on the 900 block of West 7th Street, sending flames and smoke billowing into the sky.
Firefighters arriving on scene encountered heavy fire conditions and quickly called for additional help.
No injuries were reported.
“They instantly struck a second alarm which brought the recall of off-duty personnel as well as fire departments from surrounding municipalities,” said Chester Fire Commissioner John-Paul Shirley.
Flames spread from a corner home to three neighboring rowhouses, traveling through the attic space, Shirley said.
“The fire wound up extending into three other row homes through the cockwall space in the attic, it was just a lot of fire and crews had their hands full,” he said.
Shirley said there were no reports of anyone missing and that all residents were accounted for.
Eight people were displaced and are being assisted by the Red Cross.
“It’s horrible to happen anytime but it’s especially horrible you know on the holidays, tomorrow’s Christmas, there might be Christmas presents in the houses that now families aren’t gonna be able to get but we’ll do everything we can to help them out. The most important thing though is that everyone’s OK,” Shirley said.
Neighbors watched the scene unfold as firefighters battled the blaze, which burned through the roofs of at least two homes and caused partial roof collapses, according to Shirley.
Crews remained on scene extinguishing hot spots before going inside to determine whether the buildings are structurally sound.
James Reed, who lives nearby, said he saw the fire rapidly intensify.
“I heard the fire engines coming by, I look out the window I seen that they had a line, look down here and seen smoke and I went in the house put a coat on and by the time I came out it burst into flames. I believe it was like a common roof and just everything went berserk,” Reed said.
Reflecting on other recent tragedies, Reed said the timing made the fire especially difficult to witness.
“It’s terrible I mean, so much has happened this week… State Police getting shot down in Delaware, the thing up in Bristol, it’s always around Christmas Eve… Something always happens. Just have faith in God,” he said.
The cause and origin of the fire remain under investigation.
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