Greenwich Oldtimers have been telling Greenwich Roundup that the town cleaned up After Hurricans in a matter of a day or two.
One very elderly Gentleman visiting Greenwich Roundup's Office at 32 Fieldpoint Road said that as a young boy he remember the 1938 hurricane that hit the town hard.
This man also recalled a storm or Nor'easter in the mid 1950's as having brought more damage to the town.
Yet he claims that the power was on on and the roads were free in clear in less than 24 hours after these storms.
Greenwich Roundup thought this gentlemen was revising history just a liitle bit.
However, when Greenwich Roundup cheched the Connecticut Online Newspaper Database he discovered that that power had been restored in the town 24 hours after the storm passed through.
Sure there was much fewer people back then and there were a few less roads, but the town was clearing roads with axes and horsedrawn carts.
It is amazing that Greenwich First Selectman Eugene Loughlin could get the town up and running in 1938 without a the Fancy Nancy Emergency Operation Center full of over paid pencil pushers.
In 1938 Eugene Loughlin could not even dream of the GIS technology, reverse 911 technology and other wonders that First Selectman Peter Tesei has at his finger tips.
Greenwich First Selectman Eugene Loughlin did not need a "top secret" town emergency operation plan that the public is not allowed to see or comment on.
If the ghost of Greenwich First Selectman Eugene Loughlin were here today he would probably walk into the Emergency Operations Center and hand each $100,000 pencil pushers an axe and then say ....
"Come on boys we have got to go clear those trees off of King Street and then head over to Round Hill Road before we eat our lunch."
Oh, how we yearn for the good ole days.
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