Speak Up: How do you prepare for winter?
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted that our area could see higher-than-normal precipitation during winter 2023-24. That news has led our local electric companies to gear up their preparation efforts, with additional training, equipment upgrades and outreach to customers. How do you get ready for the season of cold, snow and ice? What is in your emergency preparedness kit? If your area is prone to power outages, how do you deal?
- Retired. I hear snow or ice is coming, I make a quick trip to the grocery store. I don’t have to go anywhere, so I can sit home and enjoy the snow. — Vincent Deskiewicz
- We’ve been very lucky in our apartment building in Claymont. We have lost power only three times in the eight years we’ve lived here. We do keep extra water, cereal and dried fruit in the winter, plus a couple of thick pillar candles and metal coffee cans to stand them in. We have solar chargers for our phones, too. We’re retired, so we have the luxury of riding out the bad weather safe at home. — Mary-Anne Mason
