Register Correspondent
and Patricia Villers
Register Staff
If you didn’t live immediately along the coastline the biggest inconvenience residents faced was a loss of power and downed trees, and the Naugatuck Valley was no different.
Seymour
First Selectman Kurt Miller said both large and small trees fell, taking power lines down with them, all over town, including Wycliff Terrance and South Main Street. Several streets remained closed until power crews can assess the situations. The trees have to be removed first before workers can get the power restored.
“Our teams are out again today focusing on opening up roadways, as there are many closed right now,” Miller said. “CL&P has provided us our own line and tree crew team that can work with our emergency personnel and public works to achieve this. As of right now, we are still assessing damage and have no estimates for power restoration.”
The emergency shelter at Seymour Middle School will be open Wednesday until 8 p.m. for residents to shower, charge their phones and stay warm, but there will be no food or overnight accommodations available.
Miller said the police department and Seymour Ambulance Association are open as charging stations and have water. Both fire departments also have water available.
Miller applauded residents for their patience, and all of the staff and volunteers who have helped the town since the storm began.
Ansonia resident Joe Morley went to check on his mom, who lives on Wycliff Terrace in Seymour, but was stopped dead in his tracks three times, due to massive trees laid out across various roads. A huge oak tree on Wycliff uprooted sometime overnight Tuesday, taking down power lines and knocking out power to surrounding neighborhoods.
“She (my mom) lives right on the other side of that tree,” Morley said. “I want to check on her to see how she’s doing.”
Russ Gloersen of Pearl Street was without power since Monday afternoon, and said he’s been “catching up on his sleep” during the outage. He picked up some cold medicine at CVS Tuesday, and was driving around and looking at some of the storm damage.
It was a tree on South Main Street that cracked in half and landed on power lines that took Gloerson’s power out.
Allison Bopp, of Warren Drive, lost power around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. Luckily, she had an electrician come last month and outfitted the home with a generator. In anticipation of Halloween, Boop’s daughters spent the day carving and painting pumpkins.
Miller said he was unsure yet if Halloween could go on as planned tomorrow night, due to safety issues.
Derby
Derby Mayor Anthony Staffieri said Tuesday afternoon his city “weathered the storm pretty well. The rain event wasn’t there like originally predicted, but we had wind damage.”
The wind knocked down trees, and knocked out power to a good number of households, including Staffieri’s home in east Derby. He said the electricity went off at about 5 p.m. Monday. “I ended up reading a book by candlelight,” he said. “That was different.”
Staffieri said he had done a lot of driving around the entire city to assess damage over the past 24 hours and saw a lot of downed trees.
Staffieri said no one used the emergency shelter that had been set up at Derby Middle School. “No one even called to ask about it. Nobody was in need.”
Most of Derby’s east side remained without power, and traffic lights at busy intersections along Route 34 were not working, making travel difficult. City officials encouraged people to stay home so workers could begin the restoration process.
Trash pick-up was suspended Tuesday and is expected to resume Wednesday.
The Community Center, at 35 Fifth
St., is open for residents without power, affording residents an
opportunity to shower and charge their electronics. It will open from 7
a.m. to 9 p.m. through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Residents need to bring their own toiletries.Allison Bopp, of Warren Drive, lost power around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. Luckily, she had an electrician come last month and outfitted the home with a generator. In anticipation of Halloween, Boop’s daughters spent the day carving and painting pumpkins.
Miller said he was unsure yet if Halloween could go on as planned tomorrow night, due to safety issues.
Derby
Derby Mayor Anthony Staffieri said Tuesday afternoon his city “weathered the storm pretty well. The rain event wasn’t there like originally predicted, but we had wind damage.”
The wind knocked down trees, and knocked out power to a good number of households, including Staffieri’s home in east Derby. He said the electricity went off at about 5 p.m. Monday. “I ended up reading a book by candlelight,” he said. “That was different.”
Staffieri said he had done a lot of driving around the entire city to assess damage over the past 24 hours and saw a lot of downed trees.
Staffieri said no one used the emergency shelter that had been set up at Derby Middle School. “No one even called to ask about it. Nobody was in need.”
Most of Derby’s east side remained without power, and traffic lights at busy intersections along Route 34 were not working, making travel difficult. City officials encouraged people to stay home so workers could begin the restoration process.
Trash pick-up was suspended Tuesday and is expected to resume Wednesday.
Ansonia
About a dozen people took refuge Monday night at an emergency shelter at Ansonia High School.
Ansonia Rescue Medical Services member Bob Bialek said the shelter closed Tuesday.
“We had a full crew on overnight, both staff and volunteers,” Bialkes said. “It was an uneventful night.” He said everyone had food provided by cafeteria staff, including a hot dinner of chicken and rice.
By 10:30 a.m. all of the clients who had stayed had returned home.
“We had a mother with two teen daughters come in," he said. “A tree brushed their house and took down power lines, so she decided they would be better off here.”
Bialek said a wind gust Monday night ”sucked all the doors wide open and blew the doormats” down the sidewalk in front of the school.
Bialek said he went home for four hours’ rest and his Prospect Street home had lost power.
He also commended the custodians and police personnel who were on hand for the duration.
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