r/Harrisburg

Please use this thread to share power outage updates. If you are comfortable sharing your general location and any news you may have heard from PPL/etc, do so here. New posts on this topic will be directed to this thread.

PPL Outage Map (thanks to u/Robbbbbbbbb and u/DonGold60): https://omap.prod.pplweb.com/omap

First Energy PA Outage Map: https://outages-pa.firstenergycorp.com/

About to be another huge storm. Showing rotation and high winds. Hunker down. Hopefully the PPL crews stick around, we’ll probably need them again😭

To the gentleman at Giant on rt 22 who gave me their cart and joked that it was "a good one" thanks for brightening my day.

Hey all, I’m moving to harrisburg at the end of the month and am looking to rent ($1,500 total budget). I’ll take any and all recommendations, I’ll be working hybrid next to the capitol building. TIA

I'm well aware that they have a lot to deal with, but I'm on 12 hours without power and haven't gotten a single update from PPL. It has said it will be restored by 11pm Wednesday since the second it was reported. 12 hours without an update, and that update was to tell you to expect 4.5 days without power. The live outage numbers on their outage map have went from 140,000ish to 125,000ish, so it looks like in the midst of a heat wave, they've restored less than 10% of the outage. What the actual fuck do they expect people to do? Again, I'm aware of the extent of damage in some areas, but it's also literally their jobs to be prepared for storms and for worst case scenarios. Has anyone gotten actual updates?

Hey! Looking for spots downtown to go for a night “out” out with early/mid-30s women. Hoping for a fun atmosphere or dancing, just wanting to avoid the mostly early 20s crowds.

I just want to thank all the people who stopped enjoying the 4th holiday to go out and address the downed lines this weekend.

Many thanks for the hard work!

Are there any non-MAGA gun shops that carry Byrna products? I would like to learn about and possibly purchase one for self defense without supporting a local pedophile apologist.

Why is harrisburg reutilizing some of its major buildings for senior housing instead of affordable housing(or even market-level housing)?

City officials cry about not seeing any attention from outsiders, but refuse to add vibrance to the city to make it more attractive. Instead of adding more affordable or even market-level housing (apartment buildings/row-homes) they have decided to cater to the most needy demographic of people… why?

Young people are the future of cities, and no one seems to understand that less than mid-sized failing cities. Who, instead of investing in the things that will actually make their city attractive, have invested in a slow burn, easy, quick fix that will eventually die with the city.

I’m not saying there’s not a necessity for housing of all types. But the amount of revitalization efforts going to old people is parody amounts. The efforts in Jackson lick look exciting, but are solely for older residents. Same thing with the very attractive harmony tower (though I’ve seen multiple complaints about how the building is managed (would probably be able to get more income if they invested in market level apartments instead)). And even luxury apartments like in the old V Memorial building.

I’ve recently seen advancements on renovations to 333 Market Street. This building is the tallest in Harrisburg and used to be rented out to the state. After the state chose not to renew their lease the building lost a vital tenant. In steps Harristown Development Corporation, a developer that is responsible for…a lot going on in Harrisburg. But mainly (from what I’ve seen) these stupid ass tens of million dollar renovations that ONLY cater to old people. Their plan is to spend $80 million to renovate the top floors into about 80 more senior homes. What. The. Fuck. What did young people do to deserve this exclusion from exciting inner-city developments that would surely be popular?

This is my tipping point. It’s very clear that city officials have no interest in bettering the future of this shitty ass city and instead only care about the financial positives that affect them NOW. Money in their pockets so that they can retire in one of the fancy old people only apartments that by then have run this city to the ground. There’s no long term positives coming from these developments. No crime reduction, barely any tax incentives except for the developers, no attractiveness benefits. It’s only driving young people out of the city who want more options that cities like Pittsburgh or Philly or Baltimore offer. And when there’s no more youth to contribute to the “vibrance” that downtown needs desperately, maybe they’ll rethink their decisions.

Please help me understand why all of these efforts need to go to old people when there’s clearly other issues that need solved in Harrisburg. Harrisburg is experiencing a devastating housing shortage, and the people who are supposed to be helping the city have not shown any signs of having any other motivating factors than money. While actual residents suffer from the boring, nasty, ugly, crime ridden city that many of us TRY to call home. These decisions have helped me decide to move to Pittsburgh when my lease expires and stop investing a city that doesn’t care about me. I know many others are making the same choice as well.

Edit: primanti brothers *

Anybody know what will take its place and when? Every time I go past there the building is still promanti brothers but closed. Was wondering what will go there and when?

I'm relatively new to the area, and I'm one of many who lost power on the east shore. Does anyone know if the projections on the PPL website is accurate? Is it really expected to take until Tuesday for the power to come back on?

Worried about the heat and everything in my fridge/freezer.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: For anyone who see's this in the future, it took almost exactly 24 hours to get power back, not the 3 days that was projected.

I was lucky enough not to lose power in Steelton, but my phone service is out. Can’t tell if it’s an issue with my phone or an area-wide issue. I have T-Mobile

With the large power outage across the region, does anyone know if the fireworks are still going to happen shortly?

Does anyone have a reccommendation where I can go to hunker down for like 3 hours to do some studying while the power is out?

The library is closed on sundays so that is out.

Thanks

late 20 something females where the party at we feel old

The owner of the Mercedes with Rhode Island plates parked under the herons nest on Green Street might want to check in on the situation and reassess.

Moving company for a local move?