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Irene Forces Laptop Users To Find WiFi Outlets

DAVID GREENE, Host:

Craig LeMoult from member station WSHU in Connecticut reports that people in affected areas are heading out of their homes in search of free Wi-Fi.

CRAIG LEMOULT: Lucy Hinkley is perched on a stool at the Las Vitas Lounge, a coffee shop in downtown Fairfield, staring intently at her laptop. She likes it here.

LUCY HINKLEY: But I must say my office chair is better for my back.

(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)

LEMOULT: So what are you watching?

ABBY ANGELOU: "One Tree Hill," one of my favorite shows.

(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)

LEMOULT: More than half the state lost power during the storm. The shop's owner, Andrew Vitas, says they've done about twice the business as a usual weekday.

ANDREW VITAS: And for a little coffee shop, that's huge.

LEMOULT: And in addition to the boost in sales, he says there's another upside.

VITAS: For NPR News, I'm Craig LeMoult in Fairfield, Connecticut. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

Craig produces sound-rich features and breaking news coverage for WGBH News in Boston. His features have run nationally on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition, as well as on PRI's The World and Marketplace. Craig has won a number of national and regional awards for his reporting, including two national Edward R. Murrow awards in 2015, the national Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award feature reporting in 2011, first place awards in 2012 and 2009 from the national Public Radio News Directors Inc. and second place in 2007 from the national Society of Environmental Journalists. Craig is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Tufts University.