Hartford Courant
Road crews cleaned storm drains, festival organizers secured their tents and homeowners in low-lying areas moved valuables out of their basements throughout Connecticut on Saturday in anticipation of Tropical Storm Hanna's arrival.The wind-driven storm, which came ashore in the Carolinas, was expected to roll across southern New England later Saturday evening and into early Sunday morning.Public safety officials in several shoreline communities and those close to swollen rivers stocked sand bags and blocked off flood-prone intersections Saturday. They also encouraged residents to have flashlights and easy-to-prepare meals ready in case they lose electricity....
...Flooding is something with which Vince DiMarco is all too familiar.
He spent much of Friday moving his belongs off the floor of his Greenwich office, which was partially flooded and suffered mold damage during a storm about 18 months ago.
"If you're not prepared and you're caught with your pants down, boy, you're in trouble," DiMarco said. ....
...."One hundred percent of available crews are on call all weekend," Connecticut Light & Power spokesman Mitch Gross said. "We're ready. We've been watching this storm very closely. We'll just have to wait and see."
The state's homeland security and emergency management departments also were monitoring the storm Saturday, and state transportation workers and extra state police troopers were on standby in case of flooding and other road problems.
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