weatherwiz

That is an extremely fair and valid point. I have to be inclined to think that they were just not prepared. Whether that was from just lack of proper guidance, disregarding forecasts, maybe they just aren't equip to handle such a situation...who knows. Also...don't completely quote me on this but I don't believe they actually have their own in-house meteorologist (though that may be UI). But I do know that many utility companies actually employ their own meteorologists.

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Just goes to show how much can get done with the right preparations and a little organization. I mean the day after the storm...ES really didn't have much to say. Instead of providing a plan it was "blame the weather forecasts" exactly like 2011. The message was "we need to assess". That is totally fine...obviously you need to assess a situation after it occurs, but you should already have plans and strategies in place..that's what emergency management is for.

I believe so. Each town's DPW I think is responsible. I saw alot of that going on in Branford...especially last night when heading home. Even saw some along highway today

Interesting b/c when I was listening to the radio earlier...I could be wrong here but I thought there was somebody on talking about the damage photos and from what it looked like there were not a ton of pics showing trees mangled in wires.

Let's also remember...even after the Oct 2011 snowstorm it was days before they finally asked for out-of-state help. I believe ES stated today they wouldn't be seeking out-of-state help. I just have a hard time buying they did not receive any information indicating this potential. T

I actually came across this website today poweroutage.us Gives a national overview of power outages and if you click on each state you can also get a break down of the percent of customers within each county out. For example, this is what it is currently showing for NJ

I think that's B.S. CL&P tried to do the same thing after the October 2011 snowstorm...saying they were given incorrect forecast...they were heavily exposed. They were given warning about what was to happen and were told to start bringing in crews from out of state days before...they elected not to. I don't buy for a second they were given the wrong forecast. I mean the freaking cone of uncertainty changed very little from several days out. There was a freaking TS forecast to come up the coast...WTF did people think were going to happen? I would bet anything they were given forecasts indicating how bad winds would be and also given recommendations of what to do. If there is someone or people who can't comprehend what a few hour period of 50-60 mph wind gusts with sustained probably 20-30 would do...then they should not be in the position of making decisions. All you have to do is look at what seconds of 50-60 mph winds do during thunderstorms...if it doesn't click what hours of that would do then those individuals need to be doing something else.

I might not have refreshed the page but from what I'm now seeing there are 679,407 without power. When I had made the post it was just under 700K...but I might not have refreshed. Anyways...I don't know the exact number at peak but thought it was around 730K? Anyways when you look at what NY and NJ have been able to do that's pathetic...and this isn't the first time something like this happened either. I forget which one of Oct Snow/Sandy/Irene but the difference between power restoration along the CT/MA border was laughable. But anyways...NJ was hit way harder than CT...they had 1.3 or 1.4 million without power I think...outages are down to 688K

I can almost promise that internally they were made aware of the potential that existed and were given enough guidance to be prepared for the worst. When NJ restores nearly 800K within a day and we can barely restore 50K...that's an issue. Even on Long Island they restored quite a bit.

I bet they just didn't properly prepare for this...either once again disregarded forecasts or were fed just wrong information. Great info, thanks! Days out it was becoming obvious wind was going to be a significant issue here in CT. Anyone who had the expectation rain would be greater than wind here in CT clearly; 1) Were misinformed but whichever source they receive their weather information from 2) Just did not understand this setup or the processes which would result in widespread wind damage I know at least Ryan days before started sounding the alarm on the wind potential. Even before it looked that bad...it was still looking like gusts 30-50 mph...ok yes...sure we get that every year but not during early August when trees are fully leaved. It's the same notion that occurred during the October snowstorm...people downplaying it saying "we get several inches of heavy, wet snow every winter and it doesn't do damage"...only but how often when trees are fully leaved?

It's just outrageous. I'm serious too...I saw zero utility crews out today...not a single one. I saw plenty of DPW workers though...removing debris out of streets, getting trees/limbs from side of roads. Good job on filing the complaint...I hope they get nailed. I couldn't imagine getting a bill that was that much higher...I bet there were some people who probably nearly had heart attacks.

But the fact that it doesn't even appear 50K have been restored is concerning...especially when NJ alone looks to have restored nearly 800,000. Hell, I even think LI has made decent progress. Now..sure there are other factors to consider...we have tons of trees and wooded areas so maybe there are grids that need to be replaced but the fact that anytime something major happens we seem to be behind surrounding states...and significantly...that's a problem. I've seen more DPW crews on the roads than I have utility workers.

Eversource should be called out...they are nothing but money seeking frauds. They're already being investigated for the debacle about the significant increase in people's bills last month. There are people who opened their bills only to find it HUNDREDS of dollars higher than previous months...HUNDREDS. A friend of mine knows someone who's bill is usually around $200/month (they have a heated pool and hot tub)...their bill last month was $600. POS money scamming dirtbags

Well I guess the question to that is...did they prepare for this? The big killer in Oct of 2011 was they virtually disregarded the forecasts given to them. So far there are just under 700K w/o power. NJ for comparison, which had over 1.4 million without power is down to 744,000 outages. They've restored more customers since this storm ended than CT has power outages.

NY was nearly hit by two hurricanes yesterday

Pretty much every storm this season with the exception of Hanna and Isaias has been mehhhh. Hell...weren't two of them named for like 2 hours lol

You know what...looks like we do have some CAA in the mlvls. The TCU's I've seen have that look and after what you just posted I decided to take a look. The core is to our north but not bad

I guess we can hope that it will last long enough to where by the time most people get it this can just fizzle out...and at the same time start becoming weaker. But obviously this leads to a ton of questions but it's just hope I suppose.

ahhh I had forgotten about that. They got destroyed

I just saw the NWS has mostly sunny skies at Newark tomorrow...odd.

history always repeats

maybe we'll get a blizzard hurricane tornadic producing system in November

When they heard the news that the Seattle NHL expansion team was named the Seattle Kraken they left the state

A 66-year old man was killed in Nagatuck, CT when a tree fell on him as he was removing debris from the road