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WELL PREPARED THIS YEAR FOR THE
STORM AND ITS AFTERMATH. SHE IS
STANDING BY LIVE IN WEST
SPRINGFIELD.
(WMECO OUTAGE #)
JUST AS PEOPLE WERE GETTING
READY FOR DINNER, NEARLY HALF OF
MONDAY NIGHT.
WENT OUT. TV WENT OUT. CAME
BACK ON. THEN 10 TO 20 MINUTES
AGAIN. BUT A POWER OUTAGE IS
SOMETHING MOST WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS
EXPECTED.
MANY RESIDENTS TOLD 22NEWS AS
SOON AS THEY HEARD ABOUT THE
WORST SITUATION POSSIBLE BECAUSE
LAST YEAR DURING THE OCTOBER
THAN 10 DAYS.
IT WAS ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE. NO
ONE GOT PREPARED. SO WE JUST
ENDED UP PICKING UP A CANDLE,
EXTRA SUPPLIES OF FOOD... JUST
IN CASE THE LIGHT DOES GO OUT.
AND SOME LOCAL RESTAURANTS
STAYED OPEN AS LATE AS THEY
COULD TO HELP PEOPLE WHO LOST
POWER. EASTHAMPTON'S VILLAGE
PIZZA MANAGER SAID IT'S
SOMETHING HE'S MORE THAN HAPPY
TO DO.
WE'VE STAYED OPEN EXTRA HOURS.
WE'VE OPENED EARLY. WE OFFERED
DISCOUNTS ON FOOD. THERE'S NOT A
LOT THAT WE CAN DO, BUT WHAT WE
CAN WE TRY TO DO.
WMECO SPOKESPERSON FRANK POIROT
FROM OUT OF STATE TO RESPOND TO
OUTAGES MORE QUICKLY THAN THEY
DID LAST YEAR, SO THEY ARE
HOPING POWER WILL BE RESTORED TO