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Anyone notice that the Gov’s been absent during power outage crisis?

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I find it strange that Governor Patrick was MIA from my TV screen and newspapers this weekend as hundreds of thousands of MA residents struggled without electricity.  

Perhaps he was working the phones, but I think it is reasonable to expect the Governor to make an appearance over the weekend to let people know that the state government is there to help.  Today is day 4 of the crisis, so if he’s doing something today I think it looks like he’s playing catch up.  

One can only imagine what kind of media bliz Mayor Menino would have been on had this happened in Boston — not to mention the show Mitt would have put on.  

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  1. mmmm. Not so.
    I saw him on TV in his offical yellow emergency jacket complete with state logo commenting on the large numbers of outages etc. Maybe you need to watch more TV đŸ˜‰

  2. I live just on the edge of where the ice damage occurred. I have been wondering why they hasn’t been a “call” for help from all the people from unaffected areas to show up with our chain saws and cut some trees. No requests for water, heaters, nothing…

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    p>My sister-in-law lives in Lunenberg and they got whacked badly and she couldn’t even get out of her driveway. They still don’t have power and don’t expect it till Tuesday or Wednesday. Her fireplace is keeping the pipes from freezing.

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    p>We don’t need the governor but it would be good to hear there is a plan and where the help is needed. I know there are often news stories of MA groups (firefighters, police, linemen…) traveling to help other states when events occur but I haven’t heard of anyone coming to MA to help. Did I miss it?

  3. “Work to restore power and clean up from Friday’s damaging ice storm continued in earnest throughout the weekend. More than 1,000 National Guard members have been assisting communities and people across the Commonwealth. The number of households without electricity has been reduced from 350,000 to 140,000. Last night, more than 60 local shelters set up across the state provided services to nearly 1,900 displaced residents. Since Friday, the 2-1-1 hotline has received about 3,900 calls from people seeking information about shelters. We continue to urge folks with questions to utilize this resource.

    Eighty-eight communities have made local emergency declarations. I have signed a request for a presidential declaration of emergency to make federal funds available for our ongoing recovery efforts. The Lieutenant Governor and I continue to monitor the situation and are working closely with state and local public safety officials to ensure people who have been impacted by the storm have access to the resources and assistance they need.

    We thank all the people who have been affected by the storm for their patience and for exercising care during the clean up.  We also thank all the response teams at the national, state and local level for their exceptional service and hard work.”

  4. Tim Murray was on duty…heard him on radio warning about removal of infested trees downed in Worcester ice storm and saw him on TV on streets of Worcester, and with folks in a shelter in Gardiner, etc…he also called for increasing the number of National Guard helping in the most damaged areas…

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    p>I think they are working to make a bad situation better as soon as possible…my sister has no power or heat in Kingston , NH and they do not expect any until Friday…it’s not easy to get so many folks back on line after an ice storm of this severity…especially in the age of instant gratification.

  5. I watched a bunch of NECN and little bit of the other news and also read the Globe and didn’t see anything with the Governor.  Clearly he was hard at it.  

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