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CHENANGO <\/p>\n
COUNTY <\/p>\n
– <\/p>\n
On <\/p>\n
Saturday, <\/p>\n
July <\/p>\n
18 <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
National <\/p>\n
Weather <\/p>\n
Service <\/p>\n
issued <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
Severe <\/p>\n
Thunderstorm <\/p>\n
Watch. <\/p>\n
What <\/p>\n
followed <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
high <\/p>\n
winds, <\/p>\n
rain, <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
lightning, <\/p>\n
causing <\/p>\n
damage <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
creating <\/p>\n
power <\/p>\n
outages <\/p>\n
across <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
county. <\/p>\n
Countless <\/p>\n
reports <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
down <\/p>\n
trees <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
severe <\/p>\n
property <\/p>\n
damage <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
seen <\/p>\n
across <\/p>\n
social <\/p>\n
media. <\/p>\n
\n
According <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
George <\/p>\n
Hunstmeyer <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
Chenango <\/p>\n
County <\/p>\n
Office <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
Emergency <\/p>\n
Services <\/p>\n
(OES) <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
just <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
four <\/p>\n
hour <\/p>\n
window <\/p>\n
96 <\/p>\n
emergency <\/p>\n
911 <\/p>\n
calls <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
received <\/p>\n
across <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
county. <\/p>\n
\n
\u201cWe <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
multiple <\/p>\n
agencies <\/p>\n
responding <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
fire <\/p>\n
departments, <\/p>\n
DPW’s <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
highway <\/p>\n
departments,\u201d <\/p>\n
he <\/p>\n
said. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
Luckily, <\/p>\n
no <\/p>\n
deaths <\/p>\n
or <\/p>\n
injuries <\/p>\n
have <\/p>\n
been <\/p>\n
reported. <\/p>\n
Most <\/p>\n
roads <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
closed <\/p>\n
are <\/p>\n
now <\/p>\n
open <\/p>\n
except <\/p>\n
for <\/p>\n
one <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
McDonough <\/p>\n
according <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
Huntsmeyer. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\u201cThe <\/p>\n
two <\/p>\n
biggest <\/p>\n
areas <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
got <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
lot <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
damage <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
around <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
City <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
Norwich <\/p>\n
area, <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
southern <\/p>\n
tip <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
Chenango <\/p>\n
County <\/p>\n
around <\/p>\n
Afton <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Greene,\u201d <\/p>\n
said <\/p>\n
Huntsmeyer. <\/p>\n
\n
The <\/p>\n
City <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
Norwich <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
hit <\/p>\n
particularly <\/p>\n
hard <\/p>\n
by <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
storm, <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
officials <\/p>\n
issuing <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
travel <\/p>\n
advisory <\/p>\n
for <\/p>\n
residents <\/p>\n
due <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
damage <\/p>\n
caused. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Story Continues Below Adverts<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
City <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
Norwich <\/p>\n
Mayor <\/p>\n
Robert <\/p>\n
Jeffrey <\/p>\n
said, <\/p>\n
\u201cAfter <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
storm <\/p>\n
finished <\/p>\n
up, <\/p>\n
we <\/p>\n
immediately <\/p>\n
declared <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
travel <\/p>\n
advisory. <\/p>\n
We <\/p>\n
wanted <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
city’s <\/p>\n
department <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
public <\/p>\n
works, <\/p>\n
police <\/p>\n
department, <\/p>\n
fire <\/p>\n
department, <\/p>\n
as <\/p>\n
well <\/p>\n
as <\/p>\n
other <\/p>\n
agencies <\/p>\n
like <\/p>\n
NYSEG <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
able <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
operate <\/p>\n
within <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
city’s <\/p>\n
confines <\/p>\n
without <\/p>\n
additional <\/p>\n
traffic.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n
Safety <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
major <\/p>\n
concern <\/p>\n
for <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
city <\/p>\n
as <\/p>\n
they <\/p>\n
responded <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
concerns. <\/p>\n
According <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
Jeffrey <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
Norwich <\/p>\n
fire <\/p>\n
department <\/p>\n
responded <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
over <\/p>\n
30 <\/p>\n
calls <\/p>\n
related <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
storm. <\/p>\n
There <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
multiple <\/p>\n
power <\/p>\n
lines <\/p>\n
down <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
trees <\/p>\n
fallen <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
property <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
several <\/p>\n
different <\/p>\n
areas <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
city. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\u201cThe <\/p>\n
city <\/p>\n
operated <\/p>\n
as <\/p>\n
effectively <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
efficiently <\/p>\n
as <\/p>\n
it <\/p>\n
could. <\/p>\n
We <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
prepared. <\/p>\n
We <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
launched <\/p>\n
our <\/p>\n
incident <\/p>\n
command. <\/p>\n
We <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
firehouse. <\/p>\n
We <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
our <\/p>\n
emergency <\/p>\n
management <\/p>\n
personnel, <\/p>\n
Bill <\/p>\n
Edwards,\u201d <\/p>\n
said <\/p>\n
Jeffrey <\/p>\n
who <\/p>\n
credits <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
city’s <\/p>\n
response <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
Edwards <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
City <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
Norwich <\/p>\n
Emergency <\/p>\n
Management <\/p>\n
Office. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
NYSEG <\/p>\n
crew <\/p>\n
members <\/p>\n
have <\/p>\n
been <\/p>\n
out <\/p>\n
during <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
since <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
storm, <\/p>\n
restoring <\/p>\n
power <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
thousands <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
lost <\/p>\n
service <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
Saturday. <\/p>\n
At <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
time <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
writing <\/p>\n
there <\/p>\n
are <\/p>\n
still <\/p>\n
1330 <\/p>\n
customers <\/p>\n
without <\/p>\n
power <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
Chenango <\/p>\n
County, <\/p>\n
mostly <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
Greene <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Smithville. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
As <\/p>\n
fallen <\/p>\n
trees <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
debris <\/p>\n
remain, <\/p>\n
Jeffrey <\/p>\n
says <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
City <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
Norwich <\/p>\n
will <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
offering <\/p>\n
an <\/p>\n
extended <\/p>\n
storm <\/p>\n
cleanup <\/p>\n
through <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
Department <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
Public <\/p>\n
works <\/p>\n
(DPW) <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
more <\/p>\n
details <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
announced <\/p>\n
later <\/p>\n
today. <\/p>\n
NYSEG <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
it’s <\/p>\n
announcements <\/p>\n
reminds <\/p>\n
residents <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
stay <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
least <\/p>\n
30 <\/p>\n
feet <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
downed <\/p>\n
power <\/p>\n
line. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
Huntsmeyer <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
OES <\/p>\n
said, <\/p>\n
\u201cIf <\/p>\n
there’s <\/p>\n
still <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
hazard <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
would <\/p>\n
urge <\/p>\n
people <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
call <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
911 <\/p>\n
dispatch <\/p>\n
center <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
they <\/p>\n
will <\/p>\n
dispatch <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
appropriate <\/p>\n
agency <\/p>\n
for <\/p>\n
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