<p>CL&P are claiming only 3 towns will have more than 5% without power by midnight. West Hartford will be going from 53% now to 5% in less than 7 hrs - Butler is full of it.</p>
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<p>Well…perhaps a bit off topic but when classes were cancelled at every college in Ohio in May 1970 back in the day…the classes were never made up.</p>
<p>…I don’t expect that the classes will be “physically” made up, like they would be in the public school system (not college)…more wondering how they will manage to get through all the course material during the semester…I’m sure they will (at least I hope they will)!</p>
<p>Just got notification that UofH is back online, classes will resume on Tuesday 
(upperclassmen can’t move into their dorms until after 1 tomorrow, so they can check out fire alarms, etc…)</p>
<p>DocT, hopefully it won’t be long for your dad’s house to come up…</p>
<p>"Well…perhaps a bit off topic but when classes were cancelled at every college in Ohio in May 1970 back in the day…the classes were never made up. "</p>
<p>Back in that day, classes were cancelled on every campus that I know of including mine. It was bizarre seeing my professors smoking pot with the students.</p>
<p>Yes, I am going to do it…
battery backup sump pumps, anyone?</p>
<p>A couple of years ago, S2’ college was shut down for 4-5 days because of snow. They made up 2-3 of the days by eliminating some of the reading days at the end of the semester before finals. They never did make up all the missed days.</p>
<p>Get a generator…more versatile…it will just annoy you to have your sump pump running when you have no heat, lights or fridge. Plus if you have a well…you’ll have your sump pump pulling water out of your basement (good thing) but you won’t be able to flush or run water. </p>
<p>A battery will last for all of two days. During Hurricane Irene, folks were without power (with water coming in) for over five. With a generator, you get more gas and you’re good to go.</p>
<p>Day 10 - Connecticut is down to just over 50K without power. That’s good unless you happen to live in the two towns with >40% without, or the four additional towns with >30% without. Work crew are getting really tired at this point. Stay safe guys.</p>
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<p>The only bright news for those work crews, who are working working working…the day time temps are supposed to be near or above 60 for the next couple of days. Good for cold houses…and good for the workers.</p>
<p>Looking at the cup as more than half full…at one point there were almost a million people without power. 50,000 is a lot…but they are whittling away at those outages and they WILL get there.</p>
<p>Yes, tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful … bright sunshine, with temps in the high 60’s. Schools in the following towns will be closed for the seventh consecutive day:
Avon
Ellington
Simsbury
South Windsor
Tolland
West Hartford.</p>
<p>My town too. I think there are roads on the bus routes that are still impassable. The teachers are supposed to report for a PD (hopefully so they can make up a missed class day later in the year on a future scheduled PD) so that would indicate to me that the buildings are powered up.</p>
<p>My apologies JustAMom. I took my list from the Hartford Courant site. I didn’t mean to slight your town or your town’s troubles.</p>
<p>Last year the local school system made up an excess of snow days by holding school during the normal Winter Break. I’m thinking that will be the “solution” this school year too.</p>
<p>Oh no offense taken, NewHope33! We border some of those towns anyway, and, being the “hick town” that we are, are proud of being left out, most often by the Courant! :D</p>
<p>I think Farmington and Granby are still closed too.</p>
<p>Some of these districts don’t have a full week break in February…just a long weekend.</p>
<p>Found out that UofH will make up 2 of the missed days at the end of the semester, and will push final exams back a couple days…</p>
<p>DocT, is your dad’s house up yet? As of yesterday there were still quite a few people at work that were out, from Farmington, WH, Somers, Stafford, Tolland…</p>
<p>It looks like it came on last night around 10:30 pm. I’ll be bringing him home later today and cleaning out his refrigerator etc.</p>
<p>"Since I am still without power on Monday, I think CL&P President Jeffrey Butler needs more money as an incentive. So I suggest we lay off another 100 linemen and give that money to Mr. Butler. "
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<p>I see your 100 linemen, and raise you $25 Million in tax credits.</p>
<p>I am in one of the hard hit areas in CT. It took 40 minutes to make a 6 mile drive through town last night (rush hour) due to no traffic lights. BUT - my power came on at 4:30 am today. I am so relieved.</p>
<p>Day 11. Schools still closed, traffic lights still out in several towns.</p>
<p>I wonder if this experience might have a silver lining. Perhaps residents can use CL&P as a guinea pig for reforming our state institutions. Sure CL&P’s a monopoly. Sure CT residents pay some of the highest electric rates in the nation. Sure the company is generating record profits. But the company operates entirely within state boundaries. Record profits, captive customers, questionable operations … if not this institution, then which one?</p>
<p>I came across 2 crews working in town yesterday as I got detoured while driving. School is still closed here. </p>
<p>The roads that are open are getting narrowed by all the debris people are putting curbside (even tho the town has asked people not to place debris too close to the curb). I can’t imagine what things will be like if we get more snow before all the debris is collected since there’s no room to push the snow to the sides of the road. The town has said it could be months before all the debris is collected, so the snow issue is a real one.</p>