matthewota
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Power outagesLooks like the power was out last night and was not restored until about 5:30 a.m.
The radio station was not on the air this morning.
At times like this it is regrettable that there is no local television station, even on community access cable on Comcast, to let the citizenry know what is going on when there are power or other infrastructure problems.
I was responsible enough not to call the police station or the power company about it, as it ties up phone lines that are needed to resolve the emergency.
I know there are many other places that are suffering due to this current ice storm. Here in Lebanon we are fortunate that the power company was able to restore power before the business day began...kudos to them....
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Thomas
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Afternoon matthewota.
"power company was able to restore power before the business day began...kudos to them...."
Indeed tip of the ole hat to those men & women!!!
I believe every now and than its good for all to get a touch of mother nature,for it can make one realize just how lucky we are and shouldn't take things for granted.
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Councilor Cormen
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Power outagesYes, we've seen our share of ice storms. I rember that big one in January 1998. Our house was out for only 48 hours or so but others went weeks without power, especially north of here. Now many trees damaged then are rotting and falling in the woods and occasionally onto a power line, as happened in our neighborhood last Saturday morning. Luckily National Grid did its usual excellent job and restored power within a couple of hours.
To mattewota's question about the communication to citizens about major power or infrastructure problems, I'm sending a message out to the City Manager for an update on how the City's revised All-Hazard Mitigation Plan (required by FEMA) is coming along. Our Fire Chief actually is the regional point person for any major regional event.
Hoping for more snow and less ice this winter :—)
Nicole
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Councilor Cormen
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Power outagesFollowing up on mattewota's question, here's City Manager Gregg Mandsager's answer to City alert methods in the event of a major emergency:
"All:
We are looking at a reverse call/911 system like the school and county. Probably the best bet. CATV will have a streaming message ability – hopefully soon. We also utilize the red banner on the City’s website and call radio stations to have PSAs broadcast.
The Hazard Mitigation Plan is being finalized by UVLSRPC (Planner Vicky Davis). The work was done by her with the help of people from the Planning Office, Department of Public Works, Fire Department, and Police Department. We should be getting the final draft document back from her in about 2 weeks. It is a document that must be adopted by the City Council per federal government requirements which means that this document probably will not get reviewed and adopted until after the first of the year given the need for staff review and the City Council meeting schedule.
Gregg"
Please direct any further comments/questions to the online Lebanon Community Connection. I will be checking to see that the City Council is updated on that correspondence, but please don't hesitate to contact your ward 1, 2, or 3 Councilors or any of us 3 at-large Councilors if you are not getting satisfactory results. The Connection is a new service and we all are interested to know how well it works for the public. Compliments as well as complaints are welcome :—)
Nicole
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