Morgantown area businesses dealing with ‘devastating' impacts of 3-day power outage
Video is coverage of storm damage from Sunday, April 20.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — After more than three days without power from storms that came through the region over the weekend, businesses in the Morgantown area are dealing with the loss of several days of business and, in some cases, 'devastating' loss of inventory.
Saturday evening, a supercell thunderstorm came through the area, blowing down trees, damaging homes and knocking out power for about half the Mon Power customers in Monongalia County. Even after power was restored to most of the region on Monday, many Morgantown area residents and businesses didn't have their power restored until Tuesday or Wednesday.
The entire town of Star City had no power for two full days, and some residents went without power until Wednesday, and some Monongalia County schools did not reopen until Wednesday—four days after the storm.
Tree falls through Star City family's roof during storm
Now that power is back on, locally-owned businesses are asking customers to support them. Although some businesses were closed for the Easter holiday, others lost three or four days of business.
Café Rosé, a restaurant that offers brunch and cocktails in downtown Morgantown, said on social media that without power on Easter, it lost out on one of its biggest revenue days of the year and lost 'thousands of dollars of ingredients.'
'It would mean so much to us if you could stop by for brunch, grab a Frosé to go, have a glass of wine on the deck, come to Trivia Friday, buy a gift card online, call and place a pickup order….anything!' the business said in a post on Wednesday.
You can find a list of businesses within the city of Morgantown on Main Street Morgantown's website or support your usual favorites across the county.
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