National Grid says its 2,100 service and tree workers have restored power to 85% of the 196,000 customers impacted by the wind and rain that swept across the state Friday night.
Northeastern New York and the North Country were some of the hardest hit areas.
National Grid is offering customers dry ice and bottled water at the following locations on May 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Speculator Fire Department Warren County Department of Public Works Cambridge Department of Public Works 6 Memorial Drive National Grid also provided the following safety information for the proper use and handling of dry ice: What is dry ice?
Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide — therefore, it is important to avoid any direct contact with the skin.
Handle the dry ice very carefully — use gloves, a cloth, etc.
To preserve refrigerated (not frozen) foods, place the dry ice at the very bottom of coolers, refrigerators, or other insulated containers.
To preserve frozen goods, set the dry ice on top of the frozen items.
When wrapped in an insulating container, small quantities of dry ice have an effective cooling time of roughly 24 hours.
This can also help to preserve refrigerated foods.

National Grid to hand out dry ice & bottled water.
BUFFALO, NY– National Grid will have dry ice and bottled water available to those affected by the wind storm that knocked out power to thousands across WNY.
The dry ice and bottled water will be available from NOON to 5pm today (3/9) at: Wrights Corners Fire Company , 4043 Lake Ave., Lockport, NY City of Batavia Fire Department, 18 Evans Street, Batavia, NY Village Fire Station, 80 Owens Rd., Brockport, NY Water available at Wrights Corners Fire Co.
I’m told dry ice truck is at least an hour away.
@WGRZ pic.twitter.com/1gnhWirVYe — Heather Ly (@HeatherLyWGRZ) March 9, 2017 Niagara and Genesee counties were the two hardest hit counties in WNY.
“This was a very severe storm that came with extremely high winds and caused extensive damage to our electricity system,” said Melanie Littlejohn, National Grid’s New York vice president in a released statement.
“We remain in close contact with local emergency response teams and local officials as we continue our damage assessment to restoration efforts today.” More than 54,000 National Grid customers are still without power as of 1pm.