Sandy, Gone and Preparation Helped a Lot
Hurricane/Tropical Frankenstorm Sandy has passed through the area and at least in our corner of the world it wasn't as bad as had been projected. The CT shoreline took the brunt, mostly caused by the high tides and the surge created by the storm.
The hardest hit area of the storm, ironically appears to be the South-East corner of the state, New London'Groton. This area was spared by both Irene last year and the Halloween blizzard.
Debris is all over the area, and there are some minor repairs that will be needed on some homes, but the loss of life was just 2 people so preparation did matter.
There are still almost 500,000 homes without power in the state. Here in Prospect CT there are 75 homes powerless.
The state highways are open but all are cautioned to just travel out of necessity.
This past year, the state and the utility companies were very aggressive with the trees along the roadways cutting back, and that appears to have been a positive, especially in our area where we lost power last October for almost a week due to downed power lines created by the trees taking down the lines. This storm went through with a couple of flickers only. Other areas were not as fortunate, but again most of the problems were created by the water and not the trees.
It will take a few days, and the sun will peek through occasionally but for now Central CT is carrying on. Sandy Be gone!
Sandy, Gone and Preparation Helped a Lot
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