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December 11, 2005
Disaster Preparedness
Place: Falmouth, MA (in the arm pit of Cape Cod)
Subject: Disaster Preparedeness
Verdict: We ain't got no stinkin' preparedness
If the December Niner storm was any predictor, we have some real planning to do if we ever expect to be prepared for any sort of evacuation or disaster reponse on Cape Cod. I can only speak for our experience in Falmouth, and the experience was horrible: detours everywhere, exploding transformers, trees dangling out into streets supported by live electrical wires for two days, power outages, untreated roadways, etc. If there were ever a real disaster, we would all be gridlocked on sidestreets trying to get to impassible main roads.
This is how our street remained two days later.
Did anyone venture down to the lower Cape? It looked like tornadoes touched down. I saw similar damage after hurricane Bob. Friday's storm was the first thunder-snow storm I have ever experienced, anyone else? What a crazy storm. First, the wind was blasting from the south. Then, we were in dazzling, clear, daylight. The winds shifted, and started picking back up from the north. It got darker, and then this wall of snow was blowing toward us. Everything facing north was covered with wind driven snow, and the gusts were up to 70-80 mph. Power outages hit most of the Cape. Wild, wild stuff...
Posted by capecodcyclist at December 11, 2005 07:41 PM
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