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The 2013 Blizzard in Scituate, MA: Notes From the Storm and its Aftermath

By Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Contributor

The power just came on at 4 PM this afternoon.  I don’t know whom to thank.  I met a crew from Longmont Texas, yelled thanks to one from New Hampshire, and saw a phalanx of trucks from Sumter Utilities (South Carolina) at the local mall, ready for action. There were Alabamans in town as well, and probably another 20 states, all helping the local crews from National Grid.  The Texas crew said this time they were lucky – they slept in a hotel.  For the five days during Hurricane Sandy, their truck was their bed. …read more
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