Somers Emergency Services Teams Provide Short-Term Facilities

SOMERS EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAMS PROVIDE SHORT-TERM FACILITIES

TO RECHARGE, COMMUNICATE AND BE SAFE

Somers Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) joined forces with Somers Emergency Management to provide comfort to a community stunned this Thursday by the strongest storm to ever impact the area in October -- per the National Weather Service.

According to Eversource’s Regional Power Outage Report of 10/17/19 11:32 p.m., Somers has the highest number of homes without power in the state of Connecticut – currently at 781 homes or 19.02% of Somers’ Eversource Customers (reduced from a high of 2,792 customers or 68%) affected by what the National Weather Service coined as a “bomb cyclone,” aka – “Explosive Cyclogenesis.”

Somers CERT along with the Somers Emergency Management Team operated/manned a warming/charging center at the Somers Fire Department, 400 Main Street, Somers, CT 06071 on Thursday, 17 October 2019, from 6 a.m. – 8 p.m. and will continue the operation on Friday, 18 October 2019, from 6 – 9 a.m. After this time, the operation will be turned over to the town until shut down of warming/charging facilities at noon. Storm recovery will continue via the Department of Public Works and Eversource.

All residents are welcome. If you are still experiencing power outages and/or need to charge electronic devices or fill water containers, please stop by and warm up, get the latest updates and communicate with fellow towns folk. Remember to bring your device cables and water containers with you. There is coffee and water as well as bathroom facilities for all in need.

KEEP SAFE and warm (temperatures over the last two nights have been in the low 40’s) and listen for updates via WDJW 89.7 FM or view www.SomersCT.gov, www.facebook.com/SomersCT/ and/or www.facebook.com/townofsomers/. Of course, in case of emergencies dial 911.

For questions regarding CERT or information on volunteering for the team, kindly contact Ms. Karen Hocking at kjhock53@cox.net

Much GRATITUDE to our Somers Emergency Services teams, Eversource workers and Tree Company Services for taking care of our community and keeping us safe!