Sandy reflections

First, I was impressed by the federal responsiveness.  Mike Sullivan told me that two federal FEMA employees stopped by the town house on Tuesday to check on Medfield’s issues and needs.  The FEMA employees were from other parts of the country, but they had been pre-deployed by FEMA to Massachusetts ahead of the hurricane.

Second, I asked DPW Highway Department Foreman, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. his clean up was going when I saw him at the Building Committtee meeting yesterday morning, and he told me that they were doing well, with only three sites then without power and/or with tree and/or power line issues.  He credited a lot of the efficiency of his crews, compared to those in other towns, to the fact that Medfield has bought the DPW good equipment.  He cited the example of their being able to just pick up to haul away the trees they clear from the roadways, whereas other towns have to just push them to the side of the road to be removed later.