HEAT AND LIGHT
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Message #1. I just sent out the following Connect CTY message citywide:
This is Tom Champion from the City of Somerville with important information about the city’s response to the current high levels of heat and humidity. Unusually high temperatures are predicted to continue throughout this evening and tomorrow.
To provide relief from these extreme conditions for those needing assistance, the city has extended the hours of the Council on Aging at 167 Holland Street and the Ralph & Jenny Senior Center at 9 New Washington Street. Both of these air-conditioned facilities will remain open to city residents until 11 p.m. this evening, and will reopen tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Water and cots will be available at both cooling centers.
The city is also asking residents to check on family and neighbors – especially those who are seniors, young children, or have physical limitations – in order to ensure their continued safety. If you or someone you know experiences a heat-related health or safety emergency, please dial 911 immediately.
For more information, please call 311 or check the City’s cable channels (15 and 16 on Comcast, 13 and 16 on RCN) or the City website for updated information. Thank you.
Message #2. To chenoameg and anybody else who has been robo-called by NSTAR:
NSTAR has informed us that only 103 households will be affected by these scheduled repairs. If you didn't get a call, you should be okay.
Here's the advisory I received:
"Please be advised that NSTAR Electric will be taking an emergency electric outage at 12 am Tuesday 6-10-08 thru 6 am Tuesday 6-10-08 to make emergency repairs as a result of the system damage experienced last evening. 103 affected Somerville customers will experience a full duration outage; 99 on Highland Ave and 4 on Willow Street."
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. BTW, the outages last night were of relatively short duration, and reasonably localized. (Some neighborhoods experienced no more than a flicker; we don't know of anybody who lost power for more than 2 hours.) This transformer work is clearly needed, but it's frustrating that NSTAR always manages to have problems just when we are most in need of power. Ah, market-based solutions.
Message #1. I just sent out the following Connect CTY message citywide:
This is Tom Champion from the City of Somerville with important information about the city’s response to the current high levels of heat and humidity. Unusually high temperatures are predicted to continue throughout this evening and tomorrow.
To provide relief from these extreme conditions for those needing assistance, the city has extended the hours of the Council on Aging at 167 Holland Street and the Ralph & Jenny Senior Center at 9 New Washington Street. Both of these air-conditioned facilities will remain open to city residents until 11 p.m. this evening, and will reopen tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Water and cots will be available at both cooling centers.
The city is also asking residents to check on family and neighbors – especially those who are seniors, young children, or have physical limitations – in order to ensure their continued safety. If you or someone you know experiences a heat-related health or safety emergency, please dial 911 immediately.
For more information, please call 311 or check the City’s cable channels (15 and 16 on Comcast, 13 and 16 on RCN) or the City website for updated information. Thank you.
Message #2. To chenoameg and anybody else who has been robo-called by NSTAR:
NSTAR has informed us that only 103 households will be affected by these scheduled repairs. If you didn't get a call, you should be okay.
Here's the advisory I received:
"Please be advised that NSTAR Electric will be taking an emergency electric outage at 12 am Tuesday 6-10-08 thru 6 am Tuesday 6-10-08 to make emergency repairs as a result of the system damage experienced last evening. 103 affected Somerville customers will experience a full duration outage; 99 on Highland Ave and 4 on Willow Street."
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. BTW, the outages last night were of relatively short duration, and reasonably localized. (Some neighborhoods experienced no more than a flicker; we don't know of anybody who lost power for more than 2 hours.) This transformer work is clearly needed, but it's frustrating that NSTAR always manages to have problems just when we are most in need of power. Ah, market-based solutions.
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