Politics & Government
Town 'Scammed' by Local Company
Town manager tells council about the effects of Hurricane Irene at emergency meeting Monday evening.
The town manager explained to the Town Council how a local company lied to town officials and took one of their generators for non-emergency use at a Monday evening.
An official from a local pharmaceutical company, which was not named, came to the fire marshal’s office and requested a generator to prevent his medicine from spoiling, Town Manager Barbara R. Gilbert stated. However, the company is a "clearing house" and doesn't store medicine. The official used the generator to run the company’s computers, Gilbert said.
"We went and got our generator back," she said.
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The town followed their 600-page emergency operation plan and was satisfied with the results, according to Gilbert.
“Things went as we planned.”
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Town officials will hold a meeting later this week to evaluate the plan and see if any “tweaks” need to be made.
The biggest dangers to residents were down limbs and power lines, Gilbert said. All power lines were deactivated by the time everyone went to bed Sunday night, she stated.
At the peak, 70 percent of Connecticut Light and Power customers in Rocky Hill were without power. There are 825 or 8 percent of CL&P customers without power in Rocky Hill, according to the company’s website.
"We still have areas without power that we can't say when they will have power," Gilbert said Monday evening. "It could be anywhere from the next hour to seven days unfortunately. Our hardest hit areas seem to be in the Walnut and area where poles were actually sheared at the top."
The , which was used as an , was activated at 8 p.m. Saturday. A few families stopped by the , but only one person stayed for an extended period of time.
"Our residents were comfortable staying in their own homes," Gilbert said.
A tree fell on an apartment in the Glenbrook section of , but didn't cause any damage and residents were able to remain in the unit. Trees also caused significant damage to homes on and .
The l had a leaking roof in one of the new modular classrooms. The roof has been since fixed and water cleaned up, Gilbert stated. Two custodians were assigned to each school to check for damage.
