More than 200,000 New Englanders were without power during the Thanksgiving holiday.
"I don't have a generator, so I don't want this to go on too long. I would just like to keep it at a few hours at the most," Portland resident Harley Bassett told CNN affiliate WMTW-TV.
"Power is out at parents house in Maine, so my mom is chopping breadcrumbs with a flashlight. She's worried turkey will freeze. #holidaypro," she wrote. In a later update Gordon noted the electricity -- and the turkey cooking -- was back on.
About 300,000 people suffered power outages in the wake of the storm, Accuweather.com reported. Hard-hit areas included New Hampshire, where the public utility company said about 174,000 were affected as of noon on Thursday. Central Maine Power said 74,000 customers were without electricity. Other outages in Vermont had been restored.
Wednesday's storm came on one of the busiest travel days of the year, as millions took to the roads and skies to join loved ones for America's Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. More than 9,000 flights were cancelled or delayed on Wednesday in the northeast as rain, snow and sleet fell in Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Washington.
However, the FlightAware.com website was showing no significant departure or arrival delays in the region as of noon Thursday. The estimated average round-trip distance travelled in the United States during Thanksgiving this year is around 885 kilometres, according to the AAA.
