Coastal Storm Advisory #5
The coastal storm continues to impact our area with tree and power issues. Crews worked over night to repair main transmission lines serving the South Shore region and as of this morning the transmission lines and substations have been repaired. Crews will be focusing today on main feeder lines and getting critical infrastructure such as the water and sewer treatment plants, Public Safety Building and the Schools. NGrid’s goal is to have all the main line feeders in Scituate energized by the end of tonight. Power has been restored to the Council on Aging, the Old Gates School, Wampatuck and Hatherly Schools. As of 12:00 pm, 91% of the Town remains without power.
Once we get these facilities back on line the focus will be to bring power back to our community’s homes. Realistically, residential neighborhoods will not start seeing significant restoration until Friday, continuing into the weekend. For safety reasons, line crews could not begin working until winds have subsided below 35 mph. Due to the wide spread damage of this storm todays primary goal remains to continue to clear wires, trees and make all roads safe for emergency access and for public passage to follow. Please remember to stay clear of downed wires. Any downed wires should be reported to Scituate Police or Fire.
The Council on Aging and Town Hall are open to all residents today who want to come in and charge their devices and get warm (COA has Coffee also!). NGrid will be dispatching a charging truck this morning that will be staged at the Gates Middle School bus parking area for residents who want to charge devices. That vehicle will be here shortly after 10:00 am. For residents who need additional shelter, the regional shelter in Weymouth is open and available. Anyone needing transportation to the Regional Shelter can contact the Council on Aging at (781) 545-8722. The shelter is located at the Weymouth High School, 1 Wildcat Lane, Weymouth. Questions should be addressed to the Emergency Communications Dispatch Center at the Public Safety Complex.
For those who have generators please make sure you stage them away from doors, windows, or attached garages. Recent research reveals that more people die from carbon monoxide poisoning than from flooding. To further protect your family, make sure your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are in working order. We appreciate your patience during this long-duration storm and ask you to make every effort to stay off of the roads so public safety and utility crews can rapidly return our community to a safe state.
Please be prepared and stay safe!