When I heard about what is going on in the Northeast today and this weekend..I wondered..were the people prepared? Are families warm and able to have some hot meals, hot soup or hot cocoa? Do they have enough extra blankets at night, and enough batteries to have some light? How many learned from previous years' ice storms to have a generator on hand?
Ice storm leaves thousands without power
Published: Dec. 12, 2008 at 6:44 PM
BOSTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The worst ice storm in several years left more than 1 million people without power Friday throughout New England from Connecticut to Maine.
A combination of rain, sleet and snow that began falling Thursday, and a sharp drop in temperature, left much of the region covered with an inch of ice, The Boston Globe reported.
Central Massachusetts, around the city of Worcester, was hit hard, with power still out late Friday for thousands of homes and businesses. In New Hampshire, about 400,000 people lost electricity.
Governors in both states declared states of emergency.
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There was an ice storm in this same region last January and I found some comments about it on the Internet...Here's one of them...
We were not ready for the Ice Storm. Our electricity was out for 7 days. We finally bought a generator on the 5th day. We had to eat out all the time because we had no way to cook. We lost all of our food in our fridge and freezer. We spend most days helping others with their broken limbs. The town looked like it was hit by a tornado when we are accustomed to in the spring time. It is something that I definitely don't want to ever experience this again.
01-21-2008
http://community.scholastic.com/scholastic/board/message?board.id=topstory&message.id=2698
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