One Year Ago: Remembering Hurricane Irene
Verona, Cedar Grove officials say they are better prepared for emergencies and learned many lessons in aftermath of storm.
Township officials in both Cedar Grove and Verona are confident they’ve learned their lesson from Hurricane Irene as the one-year anniversary arrived today. Verona Deputy Mayor Bob Manley said the township had emergency meetings every day leading up to the storm and afterwards to “discuss how we were handling certain things.” These meetings, and a “lessons-learned” meeting afterward the storm, allowed the township “to come up with a number of plans of action to incorporate at any time,” Manley said. Verona now uses the Nixle system so residents can sign up and get immediate updates on what is going on, he added, and what they might need to be aware of in such situations. Verona has added solar panels to police cars for battery backup, …
