Wayland Town Crier 8/29/11: One-fifth of Wayland without power; library temporarily closed. No serious injuries were reported during the storm in the town of Wayland,…

Wayland Patch 8/29/11: Wayland Police and Fire Log: Hurricane Irene Edition. Wayland’s Joint Communication Center served as the main point of contact during Hurricane Irene…

Wayland Patch 8/29/11: What You Need to Know in the Aftermath of Irene. Many may feel they dodged a bullet with Irene’s high winds and…

September 2, 11:35pm

White Road is now open.  Verizon has completed their work.
Mayflower Path is open, however there are wires that need to be removed.
Jericho Lane is open to residents and emergency vehicles, however NSTAR sill has remove wires from a large fallen tree on the road.

As of 8:00 a.m. NSTAR reports that less than 1% of residents are without power.*  They anticipate that all residents should have power restored by the end of the day.

NSTAR contacted concerning the power outage to the pumps at the town wells (Baldwin Pond and Happy Hollow).  NSTAR stated that they were a placed on priority status.

* ed note:  NSTAR notes that <1% of residents are without power, but they are not calculating correctly.  They list 113 households as being without power of 5397, which is 2%

Wayland Patch 8/26/11: Individual Preparedness is Key, Wayland Town Officials Stress – Wayland, MA Patch. Representatives from Wayland’s police and fire departments, Department of Public Works, town administrator’s office and others met this morning to discuss the town’s preparedness for Hurricane Irene. Doug Leard, chair of the Local Emergency Planning Committee, said a primary topic at that meeting was communication. “If we do lose all phones and communication, how do we get to people?” he said they discussed. “Hopefully, the winds aren’t going to be so strong that we’re going to lose cell towers. But if something happens, how do we communicate to the public? If we lose cable, cell phones, telephone lines, getting information out to the public is a problem, hence the need for individual preparation.” Leard stressed that it’s difficult to know exactly what to expect when Hurricane Irene blows through Wayland, so the best course of action is to prepare for the worst.