Wow!
June 11, 2008 on 1:49 pm | In Local, Main |I am just now getting around to posting an update on the whopper of a storm that hit the Northwest Corner last night. I write this from the offices of The Millerton News because it’s the only place I can find that has both Internet access and power.
Last night between 9 and 10 p.m. a powerful front rolled into our area. There wasn’t a whole lot of rain but the combination of wind and lightning was a sight and sound to behold. We lost power at about 10 and as I write this at 2:45 p.m.Wednesday, CL&P tells us we might get it back late tomorrow.
When I awoke at 6 this a.m. and still had no power, I drove straight to the McDonald’s in Millerton hoping it would be open. Thankfully, it was. But on the way I saw dozens of trees and limbs down over power lines, along with several utility poles snapped like toothpicks.
We are going to try to put together both the LJ and The Millerton News tomorrow for Friday distribution. But it’s possible we won’t be able to, in which case we will start as soon as we get power back at our Bissel Street plant.
Meanwhile, if you’re looking for someplace to eat, Millerton has plenty of power. I suspect the restaurants will be doing a great business. When I took my kids to lunch today at Mickey Dee’s, I’d say 75% of the cars in the parking lot had CT plates.
Got any storm stories to share? Feel free to leave a comment here and unburden yourself.
P.S. To follow the power situation, click here to see CL&P’s stats on the number of people who are still in the dark.
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We were up in western Mass. yesterday when we heard the tornedo watches announced on WFCR in Amherst. The air felt as thick as clam chowder and you just knew from the feel and look of things that all hell was going to break loose somewhere near there. Sounds like it did just that in your neck of the woods. We got out of Dodge soon after hearing the T Word on the radio. As often happens, nothing happened here on the coast. Knock on wood.
Comment by Terrence McCarthy — June 11, 2008 #
Terry, when the storm was jsust starting ( around 9:15 PM) I headed into work in Sharon just “in case” it was newsworthy! Well, after getting caught in the eye and having to change directions because of downed trees, poles, lines, etc..I arrived at tthe studio in Sharon at about 11 PM!!!
It was truly an amazing storm, at once both beautiful and frightening. THe response from the electric companies, towns, and volunteers was superb.
It reminded me of over 20 years ago with the tisters in Cornwall…
Comment by Marshall — June 12, 2008 #
I went to bed Tuesday night thinking the weather guys were wrong again. Then around 10 PM I was awakened by lightning and thunder and a wind that was really scary! The wind worries me more as it usually means we will lose power. We did almost immediately. Didn’t get it back until 5:30 yesterday (Thursday) afternoon.
However, I can’t really complain because like Marshall’s mother I am prepared for emergencies. Had enough water and granola bars to keep me going. A Bay-Gen radio to listen to Marshall. The only thing I really wanted was some hot buttered toast!
We are lucky when you think of it. My sister is in the Des Moines area, but not directly in danger of flooding. I think that flooding is much worse than our storm.
I spent some time looking up information on the questions I missed on that government and civics test Terry posted the other day. I could have done some serious cleaning, but sweeping with a broom wears me out! I think the wonderful weather helped. I don’t think I would have liked this power outage in the winter!
Comment by Carolyn McDonough — June 13, 2008 #
I heard about your storm. We had quite a storm last night (Friday the 13th!) here in Rochester, NY. I was at the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in my town when a huge thunderstorm rolled in. It lasted for a good two hours. They moved everyone from the track (at the high school where the event was held) to the fieldhouse. At about 10pm, they decided to cancel the event (which was supposed to last until 6 a.m.). When my team went out to pack in our tents, they were completely blown over, with one destroyed. At this point, there was no rain and it was really nice out (besides being totally dark), so we decided to stay until security kicked us out, which they finally did around 12:30 am.
Comment by Amy — June 14, 2008 #