Turning the Lights On After the 2018 Winter Nor’Easter
First and foremost, I hope you are all safe and in good health following the Winter Nor’easter that drenched the region with rain, snow, sleet and blasted 50 mph+ winds. Countless trees were knocked down, causing thousands throughout Westchester to lose power. Specific to Mount Vernon, as of 7:58 PM, over 4,000 customers remain without electricity.
I spoke with both Con Edison and the leadership of the hard working Utility Workers Union of America Local 1–2 to coordinate and expedite power restoration efforts. The most frustrating part of this process was waiting for wind gusts to drop below 30 mph which did not happen until around 5:00 PM today (3/3/18). Click here to learn more about Con Edison’s approach to power restoration and safety protocols following extreme weather events.
In the meantime, I express my thanks and gratitude for our emergency service personnel — Police, Fire and Public Works. They broke through jagged branches and cleared dozens of cluttered streets to assist our residents and help our businesses get back on their feet.
DPW has been working around the clock since the storm started. Click here to see a video of our DPW Tree Crew in action on Lohud! For tonight, it’s my understanding that Con Ed will have crews out all from dark to light and light to dark until all lights are on again. We will have teams out to monitor certain areas and a full DPW compliment will be out early tomorrow morning to continue the clean up effort. Note that we are prioritizing residential neighborhoods first to strengthen life safety and will get to our parks beginning on Tuesday of the coming week.
Thanks again to our Police, Fire, Public Works and the Utility Workers for working in solidarity to restore electric services as soon as possible.
Should you have any questions, need storm help, or know any senior in need of extra assistance… send us a private note on social media or email us at mayorthomas@cmvny.com.
