Storm Prep Info From Shelton FD
by | Oct 29, 2012 8:05 am | Comments (0)
The following message was posted on the Shelton Fire Department’s Echo Hose Hook and Ladder Company’s website Sunday night:
by | Oct 29, 2012 8:05 am | Comments (0)
The following message was posted on the Shelton Fire Department’s Echo Hose Hook and Ladder Company’s website Sunday night:
by | Oct 28, 2012 7:01 pm | Comments (0)
While the state’s shoreline communities are clearly in the most danger, Gov. Dannel Malloy Sunday night mentioned the Housatonic River below the Stevenson Dam as a specific area of concern as Hurricane Sandy approaches Connecticut.
At the same time, Shelton emergency officials urged those in flood-prone areas along the Housatonic to leave the area before serious flooding happens. Shelton will be opening a shelter at the Shelton Senior Center at 81 Wheeler St. at 12 p.m. Monday.
Continue reading ‘Hurricane Sandy: Residents In Low-Lying Areas Of Shelton Should Clear Out’
by | Oct 28, 2012 8:12 am | Comments (0)
The following is a list of phone numbers and links that could be helpful during Sandy, a massive storm expected to have a serious impact on the state Monday and beyond.
Continue reading ‘Frankenstorm Cheat Sheet: Phone Numbers, Websites, Info’
by | Oct 27, 2012 5:34 pm | Comments (0)
Charles B. Burnham, a spokesman for FirstLight Power Resource, the company that owns the Stevenson Dam, sent along the following information to the Valley Indy Saturday afternoon:
Continue reading ‘A Statement From FirstLight Power Resources’
by | Oct 27, 2012 11:30 am | Comments (0)
In advance of Hurricane Sandy’s likely impact on Connecticut, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today signed a Declaration of Emergency, otherwise known as a state of emergency. The Declaration of Emergency provides Governor Malloy with a number of emergency powers, including:
by | Oct 27, 2012 11:16 am | Comments (0)
The geniuses at Google created a wildly interactive map tracking Hurricane Sandy as it chugs up the coast.
Be sure to click ‘layers’ to check out how to customize the map.
Here it is:
by | Oct 27, 2012 11:01 am | Comments (0)
Twitter can be extremely useful during weather “events” such as the storm approaching Connecticut.
The Valley Indy Twitter account includes a list of local, state and federal groups who are monitoring Hurricane Sandy.
by | Oct 27, 2012 10:37 am | Comments (0)
Shelton Police Chief Joel Hurliman urged residents to use common sense and prepare for the worst as Hurricane Sandy crawls up the East Coast.
In an interview Saturday morning, Hurliman said residents in the Maples neighborhood along the Housatonic River should strongly consider self-evacuation prior to actual flooding or a town-ordered mandatory evacuation.
Continue reading ‘Shelton Urges Residents Not To Wait Until The Last Minute’
by | Oct 26, 2012 5:48 pm | Comments (0)
If the need arises, Oxford High School at 61 Quaker Farms Road will be used as an emergency shelter, town officials announced in a press release Friday.
by | Oct 26, 2012 4:08 pm | Comments (0)
Derby’s Office of Emergency Management will be using Facebook and Twitter to spread information as Hurricane Sandy approaches Connecticut.
Click here to access the Derby OEM Facebook page.
