Verona Still in The Dark Post Sandy
PSE&G has not set a date for when power will be restored.
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Verona residents are at home wondering when the power will come back on, but PSE&G is leaving township officials in the dark.
Crews have been working around-the-clock trying to fix downed wires and telephone poles after the township got hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.
Power has been coming on slowly with a few homes getting electricity restored by Wednesday night although township officials said the number of houses restored was “minimal.”
“We've been working with some high-level folks at Public Service to get the people dedicated to Verona to do a more timely restoration of electric service,” said Director of Verona's Office of Emergency Management Jeff Hayes.
Power was restored to the Verona Community Center as well as some homes at the North end of town, he said.
Township officials have held conference calls with PSE&G but no official estimate was made as to when power may be restored.
“They do not want to set any false expectations,” said Hayes.
Until power can be restored, residents just need to remain patient, he said.
“I visited a few facilities that have a large number of people,” said Hayes. “People are very concerned about when they will get power restored, yet they are keeping a very positive outlook on things, which is really amazing.”
Michael J Petillo
10:23 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
At 3:00pm today, I took a COMPLETE tour of Verona which is STILL without power.
NOT ONE PSE&G TRUCK IN THE ENTIRE TOWN!
I realize there area lot of troubled areas but not even ONE truck? You'd think they would have 1 or 2 trucks working from just a PR standpoint to give people hope that progress was being made. What about the Governor's edict of getting power to EVERYONE the #1 prority.
Meanwhile, we've lost a week of school now. People stood in line for hours today to get gas for generators because of these no-shows. And we still have no power in sight.
And oh yeah......next Tuesday we have a national election that will now be compromised by this fiasco of a recovery. The county clerk has said it will require consolidating polling places and paper ballots. How are they going to notify people of the voting venue changes and what about the people that can't travel and count on voting in their neighborhood.
The town officials need to get on the phones to Gov. Christie and PSE&G and get some answers and some ACTION!
Jill Corrigan
8:51 am on Friday, November 2, 2012
I have to disagree with Mr. Petillo. I had to make several runs up and down Lakeside Ave. yesterday late afternoon, and saw large PSEG trucks working away each and every time.
Harriet Miller
10:12 am on Friday, November 2, 2012
Maybe our town manager and staff should be more pro active on giving us updates on what PSE&G is doing. Our officials cannot turn on the lights but they can be better informed and pass that information on to us. Harriet Miller
Concerned Citizen
12:59 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
Remain patient? I lost a 3-1/2 year old tropical fish and there are more to go. I had to throw away $300 worth of food and now I'm being forced to buy overpriced food from the few stores that are open. I barely have any gas left in my car and haven't been able to go to work in five days!! People are getting stranded if they even attempt to stray to far but there are barely any resources around.
In other towns, officials are going door-to-door checking on families and in those same towns, folks who have power are running extension cords and opening their homes but none of this is happening in Verona.