Barnstable County Releases Summary Of Regional Blizzard Response

Barnstable County has released a summary of the regional blizzard response.

The county, Eversource, AmeriCorps Cape Cod, the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency worked together throughout the storm response.

Officials say at the height of the blizzard 153-thousand customers were without power across Cape Cod.

Eversource deployed around two-thousand line crews statewide, with many of them assigned to Cape Cod. Mutual aid crews from across the Northeast and Canada also assisted with power restoration.

Public works teams cleared secondary roads so line crews could reach blocked neighborhoods. Six regional shelters opened across the region, along with local warming centers and charging locations.

Around 17-thousand meals were distributed through Family Table Collaborative and Cape Cod RTA transported residents and pets to shelters and assisted with meal transportation and deliveries.

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