‘Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse’: Residents Flock Downtown for WiFi, Phone Access

By Michael Dinan | 12 hours ago

Krystyna Blakeslee, a West Road resident who moved to New Canaan two years ago, lost power Tuesday afternoon with more than three-quarters of the town. A lawyer, Blakeslee made her way Wednesday to Town Hall and used its WiFi for work until about midnight, sitting in her car. “It’s par for the course for 2020, I feel like,” Blakeslee said with a smile Thursday. “Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse.”

She joined hundreds of residents who are without power or home Internet or phone access following the powerful winds of a tropical storm that knocked down trees and limbs in New Canaan earlier this week, closing roads and causing widespread outages.

During the day, downtown New Canaan now is overflowing with motorists looking to park and with people sitting on the grass or steps outside Town Hall and New Canaan Library trying to work and communicate with each other during an outage that’s coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What You’re Saying …

“Hard to fathom how absolutely ineptly this has been handled! With no trucks around and seemingly nobody working at restoring…”
— Andrew Zuckert on Moynihan: Full Power Restoration ‘Will Take Several Days’ [UPDATED]
“Day three and I’ve yet to even see an Eversource truck on the west side of town, or anywhere really…”
— Andrew Zuckeret on ‘Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse’: Residents Flock Downtown for WiFi, Phone Access
“Quality cell service and WiFi that is strong and reliable at all times is a necessity, not a luxury.…”
— Stephen Holmes on ‘Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse’: Residents Flock Downtown for WiFi, Phone Access
“I spent the day in Darien yesterday and saw Eversource crews all over- didn’t see a truck when I crossed…”
— Liz Mallozzi on Moynihan: Eversource ‘Did Not Perform Well’ After Storm; 70% of New Canaan Without Power
“I went to the dump where there is a staging area for crews by the transformer area. Normally a…”
— Jennifer Holme on Moynihan: Full Power Restoration ‘Will Take Several Days’ [UPDATED]
“Darien did a wonderful call out today a far cry from New Canaan OEM It is wholly unacceptable that…”
— Sara Wolter on Moynihan: Eversource ‘Did Not Perform Well’ After Storm; 70% of New Canaan Without Power
“The messages from Kevin Moynihan do not give us a feeling that the town is on top of the problem.…”
— Jim Hennessy on Moynihan: Eversource ‘Did Not Perform Well’ After Storm; 70% of New Canaan Without Power
“To Keven's point yesterday there was an Eversource crew working at Park St parking lot while main thoroughfares like 106…”
— Richard Condon on Moynihan: Eversource ‘Did Not Perform Well’ After Storm; 70% of New Canaan Without Power
“I am not excusing the response from Eversource at all, but do we really expect any change from them in…”
— Giacomo Landi on Moynihan: Eversource ‘Did Not Perform Well’ After Storm; 70% of New Canaan Without Power
“Just jumping in here to quickly note: There's no such thing as "reversing the flow" of racism, Bill, because racism…”
— Michael Dinan on Letter: NCHS Alumni Group Actually Got It Right
“Gee, should’ve kept Mike Handler on....”
— Debbie McQuilkin on Moynihan: Full Power Restoration ‘Will Take Several Days’ [UPDATED]
“This is not 1/3 the damage of Sandy — power lines are up — lots of house lines are…”
— Richard P Vachula on Moynihan: Full Power Restoration ‘Will Take Several Days’ [UPDATED]
“To be clear David, I am making no assumptions about the qualifications of people of color--that is racism, and it's…”
— William Taylor on Letter: NCHS Alumni Group Actually Got It Right
“For those of us who have wells there is the added problem of not being able to wash up.…”
— Margaret Kittle on Moynihan: Full Power Restoration ‘Will Take Several Days’ [UPDATED]
“When you ask for a quota AND a timeline, you are indicating a willingness to compromise qualifications.”
— William Taylor on Letter: NCHS Alumni Group Actually Got It Right
“In the mean time, the State of NJ had over 1million customers without power -- the highest in the tri-state…”
— Betty J. Lovastik on Moynihan: Full Power Restoration ‘Will Take Several Days’ [UPDATED]
“If i remove carpeting from my house but it requires 5 trips to the transfer station because i can only…”
— Marty Skrelunas on Letter: ‘Please Stop Penny-Pinching’
“Trees across roads more than 36 hours after the storm, no line trucks to be seen and litle information…”
— Julio Zamora on Moynihan: Full Power Restoration ‘Will Take Several Days’ [UPDATED]
“Michael Scratch my latest reply. Can now see your entire reply. Checked the ref on…”
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