Thursday, November 1, 2012
Each and every department under Lansdale Borough was fully staffed and had what they needed to respond to issues during Hurricane Sandy
Lansdale Fire Marshal sat down at the conference table inside Lansdale Borough Manager Timi Kirchner's office on Wednesday morning, and pulled out a stack of event logs from a folder. On one side of each piece of paper were rows filled in with various times, addresses and descriptions of incidents that occurred from the onset of Hurricane Sandy Monday afternoon — 87 incidents in all. Aside from calls coming into borough hall directly, numerous calls were from the county 911 system and Lansdale Police dispatch. Those 87 calls do no include the 17 pages of logged fire calls that Fairmount Fire Company responded to in the 14-hour period that Lansdale's Emergency Operations Center was in operation during the storm, from 4:30 p.m. Monday to 6:…
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
A look at roads closed in Montgomery Township in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Montgomery Township Director of Fire Services Rick Lesniak released a list of closed roads in the township Tuesday morning. The following roads are closed in Montgomery Township: Montgomery Township would like motorists to comply with all temporary traffic control devices that block roads with downed trees and wires. Please do not move cones or barricades. PECO, PennDot and the Montgomery Township Department of Public Works are working hard to open these roadways. Also, residents are instructed not to touch ANY downed wire.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Lansdale Borough has declared a state of emergency and will be closed Tuesday
Trinity Lutheran Church at 1000 W. Main St., Lansdale, will open its doors as an emergency shelter for Lansdale Borough residents at 4:30 p.m. Lansdale Borough also declared a state of emergency at 2 p.m. Monday. Borough offices will close again on Tuesday. The borough will open its Emergency Operations Center between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday. According to Borough Manager Timi Kirchner, staff will be available throughout the duration of the storm to respond to any incidents that result from Hurricane Sandy. "We're getting calls in borough hall and getting a lot of questions," said Kirchner. "We had a meeting of our management team, and we had those who are manning the phones in that meeting, and they've been given instructions on how to …
Some tunes to get you through Hurricane Sandy. What songs would you rock? Let us know in the comments
If you're at work — or at home watching TV or following Patch on Cover It Live — you may need some background music to get you through the storm. Check out our Hurricane Sandy playlist to make on your iPod or Pandora. What songs would you add to the list? Let us know in the comments! "Rock You Like a Hurricane" — The Scorpions "Hurricane" — Bob Dylan "Riders on the Storm" — The Doors "When the Levee Breaks" — Led Zeppelin "Jumpin’ Jack Flash" — Rolling Stones "Storm Warning" — Bonnie Raitt "Bad Moon Rising" — Creedence "Ridin’ the Storm Out" — REO Speedwagon "Lightning in the Sky" — Santana "Like a Hurricane" — Neil Young "When You Were Young" — The Killers "Shelter from the Storm" — Bob Dylan "Electrical Storm" — U2 "Dose of Thunder" — …
