Monday, October 29, 2012
Shrewsbury Emergency Management Agency gives its evening synopsis of Sandy.
- AWARENESS
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Information courtesy of James M. Arnold, weather specialist, Shrewsbury Emergency Management Agency Sandy is now inland over southern New Jersey and moving further away from us. Our weather will be calming down overnight with one possible exception…a band of thunderstorms has formed in the warm air near Nantucket and these actually show some rotation and the National Weather Service will be watching this for isolated waterspouts and/or weak tornado activity in the warm air over southeastern Massachusetts for the next hour or two.. Winds will begin to diminish from here on in, and by midnight will be in the 15 to 20 mph sustained range with possible gusts to 30 or 35 mph. Tuesday, winds will continue to be fairly strong with some …
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Know where to go for Shrewsbury information.
As posted on the Shrewsbury town website: In preparation for Hurricane Sandy this weekend, the Town of Shrewsbury is encouraging residents to undertake preliminary planning relative to how their family will deal with the affects of Hurricane Sandy. Additionally, residents are encouraged to access hurricane preparedness informational links for updates of the storm and hurricane preparedness information. For updated information, visit Shrewsbury Patch.
If Hurricane Sandy knocks out power in Northborough, one of the only connections to updates and information will be cell phones. Here are some good apps to have.
One of the best ways to stay connected if your power goes out during Hurricane Sandy is via your smartphone. Here is a list of some helpful apps to have on you smartphone as Hurricane Sandy bears down on Northborough: Ping4Alerts: This is the newly released and heavily promoted app from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. Get weather updates and other vital storm-related updates from the agency that is in charge of handling storm response in the Commonwealth. Available for iOS and Android. American Red Cross: This is the number one spot to find local shelters if you need it with the Shelters app and send out information via social networks to tell your friends and family you are safe with the Huricane App (for iOS and Android). …
Sandy cancels classes and trash.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Due to the forecast, Shrewsbury public schools have announced a cancelation for Monday, Oct. 29. Also according to a post on Shrewsbury.net, "The Health Department has also announced that Shrewsbury trash and recycling has been postponed by one day and asks that those who may have already put trash or recycling out for Monday to please take materials back inside."
Charlene Arsenault
7:08 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
Selco updates: As of 7:05 p.m., working in the southeast quadrant of town at Brook, Appaloosa and South Streets. "Making progress in other areas." West Main Westwood, Westmont, Surrey and Beaver are all back online. more ›