Workers on Jefferson Drive
.
Workers on Jefferson Drive.
Ridgefield schools were closed for a second day Feb. 26 as work crews hurried to clear downed power lines and unblock roads following a windstorm that tore through the town and state early Feb. 25.
As of 2:20 p.m., power from Eversource was still out to 343customers in Ridgefield, three percent of the company’s total customers in town.
“The majority of customers should be restored in Ridgefield by 11 p.m. tonight,” said Mitch Gross, spokesman for Eversource.
Pickett’s Ridge Road had wires down as late as 2:15 p.m., according to a radio call.
Three roads remained blocked as of 2 p.m. Friday:
- 120 Peaceable Street;
- 126 Lounsbury Road;
- Saunders Lane near number 63.
The town’s emergency shelter, located at the Recreation Center on Danbury Road, remained on standby to accept people who needed a place with electricity to get warm and rest.
“We haven’t used it yet,” said Fire Department Assistant Chief Jerry Myers.
First Selectman Rudy Marconi Friday morning was urging residents to avoid contact with downed wires, and asked them to call Eversource to report outages and problems. The number posted on the town’s web site is (800) 286-2000.
The two days of downed trees were the result of thunderstorms with high winds that came on the tail-end of a line of tornadoes that swept states farther south, including Pennsylvania.
The forecast for the week ahead, according to weather.com, was that March may come in like a lion, with another impactful storm system possibly bringing significant snow and severe thunderstorms from the plains to the South, Midwest and East next week.
On the school front, these storms mean using winter storm days. The most recent snow days taken were on days when there was not even snow on the ground.
The post Three roads remain closed in storm’s aftermath appeared first on The Ridgefield Press.