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CAUSING PROBLEMS.
WE'RE LIVE HERE, NICK BANNON, 22
NEWS.
CITY'S AND TOWNS OF COURSE
CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR THE
WORST AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN
SPRINGFIELD MET EARLY THIS
MORNING TO FINALIZE PLANS FOR
POWER OUTAGES AND STORM DAMAGE.
NICOLE WAS LIVE AT THE NEWS
CONFERENCE THAT TOOK PLACE A
HALF HOUR AGO.
SHE IS LOVE IN THE CITY WITH NEW
INFORMATION.
NICOLE.
WE ARE LIVE ON CARU STREET
HERE IN SPRINGFIELD.
THE MAYOR JOINS US LIVE HERE
THIS MORNING.
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IS ABOUT
THE WIND.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR WIND
SITUATION THAT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE PUT FORTH.
IT'S GOING TO HEIGHTEN FROM
12:00 TO 8:00 P.M., HIGH WINDS,
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF
40 MILES PER HOUR, GUSTS AT
60 MILES AN HOUR UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
THE OTHER THING THAT EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS HAS, AND WE TOOK
ANOTHER CALL THAT HURRICANE
SANDY MIGHT REAR ITS UGLY HEAD
AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING HIGH
WINDS GOING LATE MORNING INTO
THE AFTERNOON.
WE'VE PREPARED ON PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES.
IF WE HAVE SHELTER ISSUES, AND
WE GAVE OUT THAT INFORMATION AND
WE APPRECIATE CHANNEL 22 GETTING
OUT A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION.
THE PEOPLE OF SPRINGFIELD HAVE
BEEN VERY RESILIENT.
WE PREPARE FOR THE WORST, HOPE
FOR THE BEST.
INDICATIONS ARE THIS IS GOING TO
BE SUSTAINED WIND DAMAGE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE
ALERT TO POWER OUTAGES.
IF YOU SEE ANY DOWNED WIRES,
TREAT THEM AS THEY ARE LIVE.
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS CALL 911,
NON-EMERGENCY 311.
I HELD THEM OVER, THEY'LL BE
WORKING UNTIL 8:00 P.M., POLICE,
FIRE, P.W., CREWS ARE RAMPED UP
AND ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER QUESTION HERE, I THINK
BOB WILL GET INTO IT, IF THE
WINDS CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN AND
YOU LOSE POWER, THAT MEANS
CREWS, IF IT'S -- WINDS ARE TOO
STRONG, THEY CANNOT GET OUT
THERE RIGHT AWAY.
CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS,
ESPECIALLY SEEN YEARS, MAKE SURE
YOUR MEDICATIONS ARE ALL UP AND
RUNNING, REFRIGERATED AREAS,
FREEZERS, THAT THEY'RE WELL
PACKED, TWO DAYS OF FOOD CAN
HOLD.
KEEP YOUR REFRIGERATOR DOORS
CLOSED.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION, THROW
AWAY THAT FOOD.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL
CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU UPDATES.
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY.
WE WILL MONITOR DEBRIS AND POWER
OUTAGES.
IF YOU HAVE A GENERATOR, MAKE
SURE THE OUTSIDE IS WELL
VENTILATED.
WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE FIRES AND
USING YOUR GAS COOKING GRILLS
INSIDE IS A NO-NO.
BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR STOVES, IF
USING IT FOR ANY TYPE OF HEATING
PURPOSES, GAS PURPOSES ON THAT.
AGAIN, ANY QUESTION, ANYTHING OF
EMERGENCY ASPECT, CALL 911, WE
WILL FACILITATE TO THE PROPER
DEPARTMENTS THAT NEEDS TO BE OUT
THERE.
IF IT'S NOT INFORMATION, 311.
WE WILL GET THIS TOGETHER.
WE DO HAVE OUR ARMS AROUND IT.
YOU ARE CONCENTRATING A LOT,
EVERYONE'S PREPARED.
SEEMS YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME
TO PREPARE FOR THIS.
YOU GUYS ARE TAKING THIS ON A
DAY BY DAY BASIS, SO AS FAR AS
THE SHELTERS GO, THE SCHOOLS ON
THE CITY OFFICES, RIGHT NOW,
YOU'RE NOT ANNOUNCING WHAT'S
GOING ON TOMORROW?
RIGHT NOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR IT OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF
THE WEATHER UPDATE, I HAVE SHUT
DOWN CITY HALL AT NOON.
SCHOOLS, PARKS, ALL SHUT DOWN.
ALL EMERGENCY VEHICLES, ALL
HANDS ARE ON DECK RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SCHOOL SITUATION.
WE HAVE TO SEE IF THERE'S
DAMAGES, POWER OUTAGES OR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGES.
WE HAVE BUTTONED UP ALL OUR
SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT IF THE
WEATHER IS STILL QUESTIONABLE,
DO WE WANT OUR CHILDREN WALKING.
WE WILL GIVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER SITUATION.
WE WANT TO ASSURE EVERYBODY THAT
HOME RIGHT NOW, YOU SHOULD BE
OK.
PLEASE, IF YOU COULD STAY OFF
THE ROADS, STAY OFF THE ROADS.
I WOULD ASK PRIVATE BUSINESS TO
USE COMMON SENSE.
THIS IS STARTING TO RAMP UP NOW.
IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE, AND YEAR
GOING TO FACE THE BRUNT OF IT
FROM 12:00 TO 8:00 AND EVEN INTO
MIDNIGHT AND POSSIBLY A KICKBACK
THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR WITH WIND
COMING BACK EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING INTO LATE MORNING, EARLY
AFTERNOON, SO WE'LL TO HAVE
ASSESS THAT SITUATION, BUT WE'RE
ON FULL 24 HOUR WATCH RIGHT NOW.
EVERYBODY IS OUT AND WE WILL
AGAIN HANDLE THIS EFFICIENTLY,
EFFECTIVELY AND COMPASSIONATELY
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
GODSPEED TO EVERYONE.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE
DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS HERE IN THE CITY.
BOB, IF YOU WOULD GO A LITTLE
INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE CREWS AND
THE PLANS HERE FOR THE CITY.
CERTAINLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND POLICE DEPARTMENT OF RAMPED
UP.
THEY'VE GOT EXTRA CREWS ON AND
THEY'LL BE MONITORING THE
SITUATION JUST LIKE WE ARE.
WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
IS THIS IS A SUSTAINED WIND
EVENT, AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE
HURRICANES IN THE PAST WHERE
THEY JUST PASSED THROUGH
QUICKLY.
THIS IS GOING TO STICK AROUND
FOR A WHILE.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO JUST GET IN
PLACE, USE A LOT OF COMMON
SENSE, STAY INDOORS, STAY AWAY
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES --
ESPECIALLY AT THESE WIND SPEEDS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
EVERYTHING.
ANOTHER SAFETY THING WE WANT
PEOPLE TO REALIZE IS PLEASE
DON'T USE CANDLES.
USE ELECTRIC LANTERNS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S SO
DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE
PETS, BECAUSE PEDESTRIANS
SOMETIMES TIP OVER CANDLES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, SO BE VERY
CAREFUL.
IF YOU DO LOSE POWER, PLEASE GO
AND TURN ALL YOUR APPLIANCES
OFF.
SOME OF THE FIRES WE HAD LAST
TIME IS BECAUSE PEOPLE FORGET
THEIR STOVES WERE ON AND FORGET
THAT WHEN THE POWER CAME BACK ON
AND STARTED A FEW FIRES.
MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF ALL YOUR
APPLIANCES.
WE'RE ABOUT HALF AN HOUR
AFTER THE MEETING WHERE THE
CITY'S EMERGENCY OFFICIALS CAME
TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN
AND WHAT IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW
AND THERE IS A LOT OF
INFORMATION THAT WAS
DISCUSSIONED.
WE WILL HAVE THAT UP ON OUR
WEBSITE AT WWLP.COM.